Word Study
put to sleep
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb put to sleep has 2 senses
- put to sleep(v = verb.contact) Array - help someone go to bed; "Mother put the baby to sleep" is one way to put
- put to sleep(v = verb.contact) put away - kill gently, as with an injection; "the cat was very ill and we had to put it to sleep" is one way to kill
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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