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put to sleep

/ put to sleep /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
help someone go to bed
"Mother put the baby to sleep"
Type of:
put
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
verb Sense 2
kill gently, as with an injection
"the cat was very ill and we had to put it to sleep"
Type of:
kill
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 3
make unconscious by means of anesthetic drugs
"The patient must be anesthetized before the operation"
Opposites:
bring to bring back bring round bring around
Type of:
drug dose
Kinds of:
etherize etherise cocainize cocainise chloroform
Derived:
anesthetic anaesthetic anesthetic agent anaesthetic agent
Causes:
sleep kip slumber
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Semantic Complexity
38%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
20
Times Searched
3
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put kill drug dose etherize etherise cocainize cocainise chloroform bring to bring back bring round