put+to+sleep
11put to sleep — Meaning Euphemism for killing usually of an animal. Origin …
12put to sleep — cause to lose consciousness by administering an anaesthetic; inject an animal with a lethal injection …
13put something to sleep — PUT DOWN, destroy. → sleep * * * put something to sleep phrase to give an animal drugs so that it dies quickly without feeling any pain Poor old Spot had to be put to sleep. Thesaurus: treating animals and animal welfarehyponym Main entry: sleep… …
14sleep — ► NOUN 1) a regularly recurring condition of body and mind in which the nervous system is inactive, the eyes closed, the postural muscles relaxed, and consciousness practically suspended. 2) a gummy secretion found in the corners of the eyes… …
15put away — [v2] incarcerate certify, commit, confine, institutionalize, jail, lock up; concept 317 Ant. free, liberate put away [v3] consume devour, eat up, gobble*, gulp down, polish off*, punish, put down, shift, swill, wolf down*; concept 169 Ant.… …
16sleep — sleep1 [ slip ] (past tense and past participle slept [ slept ] ) verb *** 1. ) intransitive to go into a natural state in which you are unconscious for a time and your body rests, especially for several hours at night: The baby usually sleeps in …
17sleep — sleepful, adj. sleeplike, adj. /sleep/, v., slept, sleeping, n. v.i. 1. to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake. 2. Bot. to… …
18sleep — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 condition of rest ADJECTIVE ▪ deep ▪ light ▪ much needed ▪ I m off to bed for some much needed sleep. ▪ adequate …
19sleep — [[t]sli͟ːp[/t]] ♦♦ sleeps, sleeping, slept 1) N UNCOUNT Sleep is the natural state of rest in which your eyes are closed, your body is inactive, and your mind does not think. They were exhausted from lack of sleep... Try and get some sleep... Be… …
20sleep — I n. 1) to induce sleep 2) to get (enough) sleep 3) deep, heavy, profound, sound; fitful; light; restful sleep 4) (misc.) to go to sleep; to walk in one s sleep; to put to sleep ( to kill ); ( to make unconscious ); to lose sleep over ( to worry… …
