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unshelve

unshelve verb: to remove from a shelf.

Verb

unshelve (third-person singular simple present unshelves, present participle unshelving, simple past and past participle unshelved)

  1. (transitive) To remove from a shelf.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To bring back something that was shelved, or put aside.

Forms of unshelve

third-person singular presentunshelves
present participleunshelving
past participleunshelved
pastunshelved

Origin of unshelve

From un- + shelve.

Words that rhyme with unshelve

Questions about unshelve

What does unshelve mean?
Unshelve means to remove from a shelf.
What part of speech is unshelve?
Unshelve is a verb.
What is the past tense of unshelve?
The past tense of unshelve is unshelved.

Words near unshelve in the dictionary

  1. unshells
  2. unshelterable
  3. unsheltered
  4. unshelteredness
  5. unsheltering
  6. unshelve
  7. unshelved
  8. unshelves
  9. unshelving
  10. unshent
  11. unshepherded

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