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PUT TO SLEEP
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Kill gently, as with an injection
Example:
the cat was very ill and we had to put it to sleep
Synonyms:
put away; put to sleep
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "put to sleep" is one way to...):
kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Help someone go to bed
Example:
Mother put the baby to sleep
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "put to sleep" is one way to...):
put (cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
