Safe

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Secure from danger, harm, or evil.
  • adj. Free from danger or injury; unhurt: safe and sound.
  • adj. Free from risk; sure: a safe bet.
  • adj. Affording protection: a safe place.
  • adj. Baseball Having reached a base without being put out, as a batter or base runner.
  • n. A metal container usually having a lock, used for storing valuables.
  • n. A repository for protecting stored items, especially a cooled compartment for perishable foods: a cheese safe.
  • n. Slang A condom.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Not in danger; free from harm's reach.
  • adj. Free from risk; harmless, riskless.
  • adj. Providing protection from danger; providing shelter.
  • adj. When a batter successfully reaches first base, or when a baserunner successfully advances to the next base or returns to the base he last occupied; not out.
  • adj. Properly secured; secure.
  • adj. Not in danger from the specified source of harm.
  • adj. Great, cool, awesome, respectable; a term of approbation.
  • adj. Reliable.
  • adj. Cautious.
  • n. A box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping.
  • n. A condom.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Free from harm, injury, or risk; untouched or unthreatened by danger or injury; unharmed; unhurt; secure; whole.
  • adj. Conferring safety; securing from harm; not exposing to danger; confining securely; to be relied upon; not dangerous
  • adj. Incapable of doing harm; no longer dangerous; in secure care or custody.
  • n. A strong and fireproof receptacle (as a movable chest of steel, etc., or a closet or vault of brickwork) for containing money, valuable papers, or the like.
  • n. A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securing provisions from noxious animals or insects.
  • v. To render safe; to make right.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. strongbox where valuables can be safely kept
  • adj. (of an undertaking) secure from risk
  • n. contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse
  • adj. having reached a base without being put out
  • adj. financially sound
  • adj. free from danger or the risk of harm
  • n. a ventilated or refrigerated cupboard for securing provisions from pests
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    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    secure    unendangered    sure    unharmed    unhurt    whole    cool    awesome    wicked   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Rafe    chafe    strafe    unsafe    waif   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    easy    new    comfortable    useful    free    essential    distinct    go-to-meeting    cold    necessary