PUT TO SLEEP
Dictionary entry overview: What does put to sleep mean?
• PUT TO SLEEP (verb)
The verb PUT TO SLEEP has 3 senses:
1. help someone go to bed
2. kill gently, as with an injection
3. make unconscious by means of anesthetic drugs
Familiarity information: PUT TO SLEEP used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• PUT TO SLEEP (verb)
Meaning:
Help someone go to bed
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
Mother put the baby to sleep
Hypernyms (to "put to sleep" is one way to...):
put (cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Kill gently, as with an injection
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
put to sleep; put away
Context example:
the cat was very ill and we had to put it to sleep
Hypernyms (to "put to sleep" is one way to...):
kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Make unconscious by means of anesthetic drugs
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
anaesthetise; anaesthetize; anesthetise; anesthetize; put under; put to sleep; put out
Context example:
The patient must be anesthetized before the operation
Hypernyms (to "put to sleep" is one way to...):
dose; drug (administer a drug to)
Cause:
catch some Z's; kip; log Z's; sleep; slumber (be asleep)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put to sleep"):
etherise; etherize (anesthetize with ether)
cocainise; cocainize (anesthetize with cocaine)
chloroform (anesthetize with chloroform)
freeze (anesthetize by cold)
block (interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
