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— English words —

• shelve v. (Transitive) To place on a shelf.
• shelve v. (Transitive) To set aside; to quit or postpone.
• shelve v. To furnish with shelves.
• shelve v. (Slang) To take (drugs) by anal or vaginal insertion.
• shelve v. (Wales, slang) To have sex with.
• shelve v. (Intransitive) To slope; to incline; to form into shelves.
• shelve n. A rocky ledge or shelf.
• Shelve prop.n. A hamlet in Worthen with Shelve parish, western Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO3399).

— English words, defined in French —

• shelve v. Classer (sur une étagère).
• shelve v. (Sens figuré) Mettre au placard, laisser en suspens.

38 English words from 8 English definitions

anal aside drugs England form furnish grid hamlet have have␣sex incline insertion into Intransitive ledge parish place postpone quit ref rocky set set␣aside sex shelf Shelve shelves Shropshire slang slope take Transitive vaginal Wales western with Worthen Worthen␣with␣Shelve

3 English words from 2 foreign definitions

Classer placard Sens

11 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

au␣placard en␣suspens étagère figuré laisser Mettre Mettre␣au␣placard Sens␣figuré sur suspens une

8 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

shelved shelver shelves Shelvey shelvers shelveset shelvesets shelvesful

31 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

deshelved deshelves reshelved reshelves unshelved unshelves iceshelves ice-shelves ice␣shelves misshelved misshelves beamshelves bookshelves rockshelves swing␣shelves undershelves hit␣the␣shelves mantelshelves simian␣shelves sulfur␣shelves beehive␣shelves hits␣the␣shelves sulphur␣shelves fly␣off␣the␣shelves staggered␣shelves flew␣off␣the␣shelves hitting␣the␣shelves continental␣shelves flies␣off␣the␣shelves flown␣off␣the␣shelves flying␣off␣the␣shelves

5 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

deshelve reshelve unshelve misshelve Worthen␣with␣Shelve

13 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ELV elve Hel he'l helve she She SHE s/he she- (s)he Shel she'l

7 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ehs EHS EH&S leh Leh Lehs VLE

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

helves Shevel

7 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Helveys Helvies she'll've shelved shelver shelves Shelvey

11 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

EELVs Ehles elves heels heles helve she've veels Vehes veles Veles

3 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

sheave she'd've shelvy

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

helve she've

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

she'll've

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