PUT UNDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does put under mean? 

• PUT UNDER (verb)
  The verb PUT UNDER has 1 sense:

1. administer an anesthetic drug to

  Familiarity information: PUT UNDER used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUT UNDER (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Administer an anesthetic drug to

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

anaesthetise; anaesthetize; anesthetise; anesthetize; put out; put under

Context example:

anesthetize the gum before extracting the teeth

Hypernyms (to "put under" is one way to...):

dose; drug (administer a drug to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put under"):

etherise; etherize (anesthetize with ether)

cocainise; cocainize (anesthetize with cocaine)

chloroform (anesthetize with chloroform)

freeze (anesthetize by cold)

block (interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

 Context examples 

It was by no means his daughter's wish that the intellects of Highbury in general should be put under requisition.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

When put under pressure, plastic crystals of neopentylglycol yield huge cooling effects – enough that they are competitive with conventional coolants.

(Green material for refrigeration identified, University of Cambridge)

The same Cambridge-led team identified an inexpensive, widely available solid that might compete with conventional coolants when put under pressure.

(Electronic solid could reduce carbon emissions in fridges and air conditioners, University of Cambridge)

Indeed, it was no wonder that my friends were alarmed, and insisted on my being put under control.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The day being very fine, she was glad to come out of the chariot, which smelt (I had my head in it all this time) like a stable put under a cucumber-frame.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)