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puts to sleep

puts to sleep is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put to sleep.

Meaning of put to sleep

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.
    • His boring stories sometimes put me to sleep.
  2. (transitive) To help (someone) to bed.
    • After they'd put the kids to sleep, they relaxed by the fire and chatted.
    Synonyms:
    put to bed, put down
  3. (figuratively, transitive, uncommon) To render dormant.
    • Our jealousy is only put to sleep by the unlimited confidence we all repose in the person to whom we all look as our president.1787, Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Edward Carrington
  4. (euphemistic, transitive) To kill an animal painlessly, often with an injection.
    • Near-synonym: put to bed with a shovel (cynical tone)
  5. (informal) To give a general anesthetic prior to surgery.
    • Mommy's surgery is not a big operation but it does require that they put her to sleep for a while.

Questions about puts to sleep

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Puts to sleep is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put to sleep.

Words near puts to sleep in the dictionary

  1. puts to good use
  2. puts to lie
  3. puts to rest
  4. puts to sea
  5. puts to shame
  6. puts to sleep
  7. puts to the blush
  8. puts to the horn
  9. puts to the sword
  10. puts to the test
  11. puts to the torch

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