shelve

shelve /ʃ'elv/ (shelves shelving shelved)
1 [VERB] V n, be V-ed
If someone shelves a plan or project, they decide not to continue with it, either for a while or permanently.
Atlanta has shelved plans to include golf in the 1996 Games...
Sadly, the project has now been shelved.
2 [VERB] V adv/prep, V-ing
If an area of ground next to or under the sea shelves, it slopes downwards.
The shoreline shelves away steeply.
...a gently shelving beach.
3
Shelves is the plural of shelf.