CAUSE TO SLEEP

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does cause to sleep mean? 

• CAUSE TO SLEEP (verb)
  The verb CAUSE TO SLEEP has 1 sense:

1. make fall asleep

  Familiarity information: CAUSE TO SLEEP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAUSE TO SLEEP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make fall asleep

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Context example:

The soft music caused us to fall asleep

Hypernyms (to "cause to sleep" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Cause:

catch some Z's; kip; log Z's; sleep; slumber (be asleep)

Sentence frames:

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

Antonym:

awaken (cause to become awake or conscious)