shelving

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Synonyms: shelling, shelfing, helving, sheaving, shelvin, heaving, whelming, serving, shearing, helping, shielding

Antonyms: shelling, shelfing, helving, sheaving, shelvin, heaving, whelming, serving, shearing, helping, shielding

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Adjective

1. [[sloping|Sloping]] (as opposed to [[horizontal]]ly [[flat]] or [[vertical]]ly [[upright]]).

Verb

1. {{infl of|en|shelve||ing-form}}

Noun

1. [[shelf|Shelves]] collectively.
2. {{lb|en|chiefly|in the plural}} The side-[[rail]]s of a [[cart]] or [[waggon]].
3. {{lb|en|now|rare}} A [[slope#Verb|sloping]] [[surface]].

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