"put to sleep" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: puts to sleep [present, singular, third-person], putting to sleep [participle, present], put to sleep [participle, past], put to sleep [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> to sleep}} 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. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Sleep Translations (to cause someone to sleep): κοιμίζω (koimízō) (Ancient Greek), نَوَّمَ (nawwama) (Arabic), أَنَامَ (ʔanāma) (Arabic), نعس (naʕʕas) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), uspat [perfective] (Czech), uspávat [imperfective] (Czech), endormir (French), adormentar (Galician), adurmiñar (Galician), einschläfern (German), einlullen (German), κοιμίζω (koimízo) (Greek), elaltat (Hungarian), nukuttaa (Ingrian), makoittaa (Ingrian), addormentare (Italian), 眠らせる (nemuraseru) (Japanese), whakaturamoe (Maori), umaza (Ngazidja Comorian), usypiać [imperfective] (Polish), uśpić [perfective] (Polish), adormecer (Spanish), söva (Swedish), få att somna (Swedish), uyutmak (Turkish), edoirmi (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-put_to_sleep-en-verb-hE1msHXh Disambiguation of Sleep: 15 25 28 21 10 Disambiguation of 'to cause someone to sleep': 95 2 1 1 1
  2. (transitive) To help (someone) to bed; put to bed. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Death, Sleep Synonyms (to help to bed): put down (english: a baby) Related terms: put to bed, put to bed with a shovel
    Sense id: en-put_to_sleep-en-verb-Bni-YYF- Disambiguation of Death: 0 35 16 32 17 Disambiguation of Sleep: 15 25 28 21 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 31 7 22 36 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 27 10 32 27 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 5 30 6 25 33 Disambiguation of 'to help to bed': 4 88 2 2 4
  3. (transitive, figuratively) To render dormant. Tags: figuratively, transitive Categories (topical): Death, Sleep
    Sense id: en-put_to_sleep-en-verb-HoC7tLJA Disambiguation of Death: 0 35 16 32 17 Disambiguation of Sleep: 15 25 28 21 10
  4. (transitive, euphemistic) To kill an animal painlessly, often with an injection; to euthanize. Tags: euphemistic, transitive Categories (topical): Death, Sleep Synonyms (euthanize an animal): put down Translations (to kill an animal): einschläfern (German), elaltat (Hungarian), svæfa (Icelandic), svæfa dýr (Icelandic), lóga (Icelandic), aflífa (Icelandic), mandare al mattatoio (Italian), 眠らせる (nemuraseru) (Japanese), usypiać [imperfective] (Polish), uśpić [perfective] (Polish), усыпля́ть (usypljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), усыпи́ть (usypítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), uyutmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-put_to_sleep-en-verb-p-tSQdh9 Disambiguation of Death: 0 35 16 32 17 Disambiguation of Sleep: 15 25 28 21 10 Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 31 7 22 36 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 27 10 32 27 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 5 30 6 25 33 Disambiguation of 'euthanize an animal': 4 20 2 66 9 Disambiguation of 'to kill an animal': 0 0 0 100 0
  5. (informal) To give a general anesthetic prior to surgery. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Death, Sleep Translations (to give an anesthetic): uspat [perfective] (Czech), uspávat [imperfective] (Czech), nukuttaa (Finnish), adormentar (Galician), κοιμίζω (koimízo) (Greek), svæfa (Icelandic), anestetizzare (Italian), addormentare (Italian), usypiać [imperfective] (Polish), uśpić [perfective] (Polish), усыпля́ть (usypljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), усыпи́ть (usypítʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-put_to_sleep-en-verb-cjheyWxO Disambiguation of Death: 0 35 16 32 17 Disambiguation of Sleep: 15 25 28 21 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 31 7 22 36 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 27 10 32 27 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 5 30 6 25 33 Disambiguation of 'to give an anesthetic': 3 6 10 4 77

Inflected forms

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      "word": "усыпля́ть"
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      "word": "svæfa"
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      "roman": "usypljátʹ",
      "sense": "to give an anesthetic",
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      "word": "усыпи́ть"
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