hyllyttää — meaning in English

English meaning

• halt verb To stop moving or operating, or to cause something to stop.
• shelve verb To furnish (a place) with shelves; especially, to furnish (a library, etc.) with bookshelves.
• turf noun Grass-covered ground, or a section of it cut as sod.

Senses

hyllyttää is used for these senses in English:

• halt (intransitive) To stop either temporarily or permanently.
• mothball (transitive) To store or shelve something no longer used.
• shelve To place (something) on a shelf; especially, to place or arrange (books) on a bookshelf.
• turf (business) To cancel a project or product.

halt — full definition

1. verb To stop moving or operating, or to cause something to stop.
2. noun A stop, especially a temporary one.

shelve — full definition

1. verb To furnish (a place) with shelves; especially, to furnish (a library, etc.) with bookshelves.
2. verb To place (something) on a shelf; especially, to place or arrange (books) on a bookshelf.
3. verb To place (something) in a certain location, as if on a shelf.
4. verb To take (drugs) by anal or vaginal insertion.

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