put to sleep

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To cause (someone) to sleep.

   “His boring stories sometimes put me to sleep.”

2. fiil To help (someone) to bed.

   “After they'd put the kids to sleep, they relaxed by the fire and chatted.”

3. fiil To render dormant.

   “Our jealousy is only put to sleep by the unlimited confidence we all repose in the person to whom we all look as our president.”

4. fiil To kill an animal painlessly, often with an injection.

   “It was sad to put our beloved spaniel to sleep, but it was better than letting him suffer.”

5. fiil To give a general anesthetic prior to surgery.

   “Mommy's surgery is not a big operation but it does require that they put her to sleep for a while.”