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reshelve

reshelve verb: to shelve again; to place back on a shelf.

Verb

reshelve (third-person singular simple present reshelves, present participle reshelving, simple past and past participle reshelved)

  1. (transitive) To shelve again; to place back on a shelf.

Forms of reshelve

third-person singular presentreshelves
present participlereshelving
past participlereshelved
pastreshelved

Origin of reshelve

From re- + shelve.

Words that rhyme with reshelve

Questions about reshelve

What does reshelve mean?
Reshelve means to shelve again; to place back on a shelf.
What part of speech is reshelve?
Reshelve is a verb.
What is the past tense of reshelve?
The past tense of reshelve is reshelved.

Words near reshelve in the dictionary

  1. resheaths
  2. resheet
  3. resheeted
  4. resheeting
  5. resheets
  6. reshelve
  7. reshelved
  8. reshelves
  9. reshelving
  10. reshelvings
  11. Resheph

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