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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

... country code - 91; a number of major international submarine cable systems, including Sea-Me-We-3 with landing sites at Cochin and Mumbai (Bombay), Sea-Me-We-4 with a landing site at Chennai, Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) with a landing site at Mumbai (Bombay), South Africa - Far East (SAFE) with a landing site at Cochin, the i2i cable network linking to Singapore with landing sites at Mumbai (Bombay) and Chennai (Madras), and Tata Indicom linking Singapore and Chennai (Madras), provide a significant increase in the bandwidth available for both voice and data ...

— The 2008 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... to take. By his advocacy of toleration he incurred liability to the extreme penalties that had been inflicted upon others for utterances much less courageous. But the very boldness of the movement secured his safety where more timid counsels might have brought him ruin. Besides, it was not safe to attack so gallant a warrior, and the nephew of the powerful constable. Yet the audible murmurs of the opposite ...

— The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) • Henry Martyn Baird

... of conversing freely with Schemselnihar. This I wish to procure you, and to-morrow will make the attempt. You must by no means expose yourself to enter Schemselnihar's palace; you know by experience the danger of that step. I know a fitter place for this interview, where you will be safe." When the jeweller had finished, the prince embraced him with transports of joy. "You revive," said he, "by this promise, a wretched lover, who was condemned to die. You have fully repaired the loss of Ebn Thaher; whatever you do will be well performed; I leave ...

— The Arabian Nights Entertainments vol. 2 • Anon.

... but also the best and most economical means for giving their children the benefits of an education; to convince propertied citizens that taxation for education was in the interests of both public and private welfare; to convince legislators that it was safe to vote for free-school bills; and to overcome the opposition due to apathy, religious jealousies, and private interests, was the work of years. In time, though, the desirability of common, free, tax- supported, non-sectarian, state-controlled schools became evident to a majority of the citizens ...

— THE HISTORY OF EDUCATION • ELLWOOD P. CUBBERLEY

... is all for thee, O my father," Marzak defended himself indignantly. "I doubt if it be safe to sleep, lest he should stir ...

— The Sea-Hawk • Raphael Sabatini

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