"put under" meaning in English

See put under in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: En-au-put someone under.ogg [Australia] Forms: puts under [present, singular, third-person], putting under [participle, present], put under [participle, past], put under [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,put>}} put under (third-person singular simple present puts under, present participle putting under, simple past and past participle put under)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, under. Related terms: under the influence, under the knife
    Sense id: en-put_under-en-verb-8C9ACj5x Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52
  2. (transitive, medicine) To anesthetize someone or render them unconscious through the use of narcotic substances, usually either alcohol or pharmaceutical drugs. Tags: transitive Synonyms: put to sleep Translations (anesthetize — see also anesthetize): давать наркоз (davatʹ narkoz) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-put_under-en-verb-z1ICo-48 Categories (other): Medicine, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "under", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "under": 37 63 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 31 69 Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'anesthetize — see also anesthetize': 27 73

Inflected forms

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