Shelve vs Drawer - What's the difference?
shelve | drawer |
to place on a shelf
to store, set aside, quit, or halt
To furnish with shelves.
(Wales, slang) to have sex with
A rocky ledge or shelf.
* 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , II.181:
An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.
(non-gloss definition); one who draws.
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An artist who primarily makes drawings.
(banking) One who writes a bank draft, check/cheque, or promissory note.
A barman; a man who draws the beer from the taps.
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Someone who taps palm sap for making toddy.(w)
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As nouns the difference between shelve and drawer
is that shelve is a rocky ledge or shelf while drawer is an open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.As a verb shelve
is to place on a shelf.shelve
English
Verb
(shelv)- The library needs volunteers to help shelve books.
- They shelved the entire project when they heard how much it would cost.
- to shelve a closet or a library
Synonyms
* (set aside) pigeonhole, tableNoun
(en noun)- And all was stillness, save the sea-bird's cry, / And dolphin's leap, and little billow crossed / By some low rock or shelve , that made it fret / Against the boundary it scarcely wet.
Anagrams
*drawer
English
(wikipedia drawer)Noun
(en noun)Federal Court Finds Texas Voting Maps Discriminatory”, NYTimes.com :
- Lawyers for Mr. Abbott argued that the maps were drawn to help Republicans maintain power but not to discriminate, and that drawers did not know where district offices were located.
- When the good lieutenant applied himself to the door, he applied himself likewise to the bell; and the drawer immediately attending, he dispatched him for a file of musqueteers and a surgeon.
F. E. Penny
Pulling the Strings, passage=A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff. These properties were known to have belonged to a toddy drawer . He had disappeared.}}