put to sleep

Meaning

  1. (transitive) To cause (someone) to sleep.
  2. (transitive) To help (someone) to bed; put to bed.
  3. (figuratively, transitive) To render dormant.
  4. (euphemistic, transitive) To kill an animal painlessly, often with an injection; to euthanize.
  5. (informal) To give a general anesthetic prior to surgery.

Synonyms

lull to sleep

cause to sleep

put into hypnotic sleep

anesthetise

sopite

put in a trance

put an animal to sleep

hush to sleep

make lie down

rest on one’s laurels

Translations

fazer dormir

κοιμίζω

in slaap doen vallen

in Schlaf versetzen

schlafen machen

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