PUT TO SLEEP

I. (verb)

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

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