Unharmed; unscathed; without having received injury or hurt: as, to arrive safe and sound; to bring goods safe to land.Free from risk or danger; secure from harm or liability to harm or injury: as, a safe place; a safe harbor; safe from disease, enemies, etc.Secure; not dangerous or liable to cause injury or harm; not likely to expose to danger: as, a safe bridge; the building was pronounced safe; the safe side of a file (the uncut side, also called the safe-edge).No longer dangerous; placed beyond the power of doing harm.Sound; whole; good.Trusty; trustworthy: as, a safe adviser.Sure; certain.Synonyms and Safe, Secure. These words once conformed in meaning to their derivations, safe implying free from danger present or prospective, and secure free from fear or anxiety about danger; they are so used in the quotation. Now the two words are essentially synonymous, except that secure is perhaps stronger, especially in emphasizing freedom from occasion to fear.n. Safety.n. A place or structure for the storage of money, papers, or valuables in safety from risk of theft or fire.n. A receptacle for the storage of meat and provisions. It is usually a skeleton frame of wood covered with fine wire netting to keep out insects.n. Any receptacle for storing things in safety: as, a match-safe, milk-safe, coin-safe, etc.n. A floating box or car for confining living fish.n. A sheet of lead with the sides turned up, placed under a plumbing fixture to catch moisture or fluids due to leaks or carelessness, and thus protect floors and ceilings.n. In saddlery, a piece of leather placed beneath a buckle to prevent chafing.n. In distilling, a closed vessel attached by a pipe to the worm of a still, for the retention of a sample of the product, to be subsequently inspected by excise officers.To render safe.To escort to safety; safeguard.