put to sleep

English

Verb

put to sleep (third-person singular simple present puts to sleep, present participle putting to sleep, simple past and past participle put to sleep)

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

Synonyms

• (to help to bed): put down (a baby)
• (euthanize an animal): put down

Translations

show ▼±to cause someone to sleep

show ▼±to kill an animal

show ▼±to give an anesthetic

to help someone to bed — see put to bed

See also

• put to bed
• put to bed with a shovel