PUT TO SLEEP as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • make unconscious by means of anesthetic drugs
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • The patient must be anesthetized before the operation
    Hypernyms(s) put to sleep is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Antonym(s) Hyponym(s) Cause(s) Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • kill gently, as with an injection
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the cat was very ill and we had to put it to sleep
    Hypernyms(s) put to sleep is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  3. Meaning
    • help someone go to bed
    Usage Example(s)
    • Mother put the baby to sleep
    Hypernyms(s) put to sleep is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower