What part of speech is shelved?

Shelved can be categorized as a verb.

Parts of speech

1. shelved is a verb, past participle of shelve (infinitive).
2. shelved is a verb, past simple of shelve (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

Infinitive

Present

Simple Past

Past Participle

Gerund
(to) shelve

shelve / shelves

shelved

shelved

shelving

Infinitive: (to) shelve
Present: shelve / shelves
Simple Past: shelved
Past Participle: (have) shelved
Gerund: shelving

What does shelved mean?

Definitions

Adjective
shelved - Of or pertaining to a shelving; having shelves.
shelved - Postponed.
Verb
shelve - place on a shelf; "shelve books"
shelve - hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"

Examples of shelved

#		Sentence
1.	verb	That problem has been shelved for the time being.
2.	verb	The company shelved plans to expand into Asia.
3.	verb	Our zine collection is shelved near the new books on the main floor and are shelved more or less alphabetically by title.
4.	verb	The bill was finally shelved.
5.	verb	Shelve books.
6.	verb	If you’re not busy, could you please shelve these books?
7.	verb	If you’re not busy, could you please shelve these books?

Sentence
verb
That problem has been shelved for the time being.
The company shelved plans to expand into Asia.
Our zine collection is shelved near the new books on the main floor and are shelved more or less alphabetically by title.
The bill was finally shelved.
Shelve books.
If you’re not busy, could you please shelve these books?
If you’re not busy, could you please shelve these books?

Please be aware that some of the sentences on this page have been automatically tagged and do not always have 100% accuracy.

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