English Explanatory Dictionary

put to sleep

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To cause (someone) to sleep.
  2. To help (someone) to bed.
  3. To render dormant.
  4. To kill an animal painlessly, often with an injection.
  5. To give a general anesthetic prior to surgery.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-put to sleep.wav

Word forms

put to sleep puts to sleep putting to sleep

Synonyms

put to bed put down put to rest euthanize put to bed with a shovel put under anesthetize anaesthetise
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