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Sheaved vs Shelved - What's the difference?

sheaved | shelved |

As verbs the difference between sheaved and shelved

is that sheaved is past tense of sheave while shelved is past tense of shelve.

As adjectives the difference between sheaved and shelved

is that sheaved is made into a sheaf while shelved is of or pertaining to a shelving; having shelves.

sheaved

English

Verb

(head)
  • (sheave)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (of straw) Made into a sheaf

    • sheave

    English

    Etymology 1

    Akin to German Scheibe, late Old Norse . For more see .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or the like; the wheel of a pulley.

    • Etymology 2

    See .

    Verb

    (sheav)
  • to gather and bind into a sheaf
  • * , Czar Alexander the Second, lines 1-4
    • ''From him did forty million serfs (...) receive
    ''Rich freeborn lifelong land, whereon to sheave
    ''Their country's harvest.
    See also
    * (pulley)

    Anagrams

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    shelved

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (shelve)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (not comparable) Of or pertaining to a shelving; having shelves.
  • Postponed.

    • Synonyms

    * (postponed) on ice