put to sleep

endormir

Faire en sorte que quelqu’un s’endorme.

En anglais simple : To make someone fall asleep.

• This music puts me to sleep.
• The long talk put several people to sleep.
• Does rocking put your baby to sleep?

Comment l'utiliser : put someone to sleep (Soft music puts the baby to sleep.)

Synonymes : send to sleep, lull to sleep

Contraires : wake

Expressions courantes : put someone to sleep, put babies to sleep

anesthésier

Donner un médicament qui rend une personne inconsciente pendant une opération.

En anglais simple : To give someone medicine that makes them unconscious during an operation.

• They will put me to sleep for surgery.
• The doctor put her to sleep before the operation.
• Will you put him to sleep for this procedure?

Comment l'utiliser : put someone to sleep for something (The doctor will put you to sleep for the operation.)

Synonymes : anesthetize

Expressions courantes : put someone to sleep, put patients to sleep

coucher, mettre au lit

Aider quelqu’un, surtout un enfant, à se coucher et à s’installer pour la nuit.

En anglais simple : To help someone, especially a child, get into bed and settle for the night.

• I put the children to sleep at eight.
• Dad put her to sleep and came downstairs.
• Who will put the twins to sleep tonight?

Comment l'utiliser : put someone to sleep (We put the children to sleep after their bath.)

Synonymes : put to bed

Expressions courantes : put children to sleep, put someone to sleep