put to sleep

1. 1.

   help someone go to bed

   “Mother put the baby to sleep”

   Broaderput
2. 2.

   kill gently, as with an injection

   “the cat was very ill and we had to put it to sleep”

   Synonymsput away

   Broaderkill

Questions about put to sleep

What does put to sleep mean?

put to sleep means "help someone go to bed". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.