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adjective

Safe adj. (compar. safer; superl. safest)

Free from harm, injury, or risk; untouched or unthreatened by danger or injury; unharmed; unhurt; secure; whole; as, safe from disease; safe from storms; safe from foes. "And ye dwelled safe." "They escaped all safe to land." "Established in a safe, unenvied throne."

Conferring safety; securing from harm; not exposing to danger; confining securely; to be relied upon; not dangerous; as, a safe harbor; a safe bridge, etc. "The man of safe discretion." "The King of heaven hath doomed This place our dungeon, not our safe retreat."

Incapable of doing harm; no longer dangerous; in secure care or custody; as, the prisoner is safe. "But Banquo's safe? Ay, my good lord, safe in a ditch he bides."

Safe hit (Baseball), a hit which enables the batter to get to first base even if no error is made by the other side.

Synonyms: Secure; unendangered; sure.

noun

Safe n. A place for keeping things in safety. Specifically:

(a)

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.

(b)

A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securing provisions from noxious animals or insects.

verb

Safe v. t. To render safe; to make right. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Safe'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Safe" Quotes from Famous Books

... we've got an awful pile this month," observed Nick, anxiously, leaving the fireplace and joining the little ring of men about her. "It makes me sort o' nervous—why, Sonora's got ten thousand alone fer safe keepin' in that ...

— The Girl of the Golden West • David Belasco

... work is cut out for me," he told himself. "I can do only one man's part in this war, but I must do that to the limit and try to make the world a safe place of residence for that little woman ...

— Dave Darrin After The Mine Layers • H. Irving Hancock

... subordinates, it is always extremely difficult to bring an official culprit to justice, for he is sure to be protected by his superiors; and when the superiors are themselves habitually guilty of malpractices, the culprit is quite safe from exposure and punishment. The Tsar, indeed, might do much towards exposing and punishing offenders if he could venture to call in public opinion to his assistance, but in reality he is very apt to become a party to the system of hushing up official ...

— Russia • Donald Mackenzie Wallace

... distance or during rapid motion, in the dusk of twilight or in partial cover, must be of the greatest advantage and often lead to the preservation of life. Animals of this kind will not usually receive a stranger into their midst. While they keep together they are generally safe from attack, but a solitary straggler becomes an easy prey to the enemy; it is, therefore, of the highest importance that, in such a case, the wanderer should have every facility for discovering its companions with certainty at any distance ...

— Darwinism (1889) • Alfred Russel Wallace

... what is really the value to the community of public "museums," one is led inevitably to the conclusion that their most important purpose—whether they are museums of natural history, of antiquities, or of art—is to serve as safe and permanent "repositories" (the old word used in the British Museum Act of 1753) for specimens which are costly and difficult to obtain—not to be either "picked up" or readily "housed" by everybody, and at the same time of real importance as "records." The first ...

— More Science From an Easy Chair • Sir E. Ray (Edwin Ray) Lankester

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