'SAFE' definitions:
Definition of 'safe'
From: WordNet
adjective
Free from danger or the risk of harm; "a safe trip"; "you will be safe here"; "a safe place"; "a safe bet" [ant: dangerous, unsafe]
adjective
(of an undertaking) secure from risk
adjective
Having reached a base without being put out; "the runner was called safe when the baseman dropped the ball" [ant: out(p)]
adjective
noun
Strongbox where valuables can be safely kept
noun
A ventilated or refrigerated cupboard for securing provisions from pests
noun
Contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse [syn: condom, rubber, safety, safe, prophylactic]
Definition of 'Safe'
From: GCIDE
- Safe \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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Safe'
From: GCIDE
- Safe \Safe\, v. t. To render safe; to make right. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Safe'
From: GCIDE
- Safe \Safe\, a. [Compar. Safer; superl. Safest.] [OE. sauf, F. sauf, fr. L. salvus, akin to salus health, welfare, safety. Cf. Salute, Salvation, Sage a plant, Save, Salvo an exception.]
- 1. 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." --1 Sam. xii. 11. [1913 Webster]
- They escaped all safe to land. --Acts xxvii. 44. [1913 Webster]
- Established in a safe, unenvied throne. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The King of heaven hath doomed This place our dungeon, not our safe retreat. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Incapable of doing harm; no longer dangerous; in secure care or custody; as, the prisoner is safe. [1913 Webster]
- But Banquo's safe? Ay, my good lord, safe in a ditch he bides. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Safe hit (Baseball), a hit which enables the batter to get to first base even if no error is made by the other side. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Secure; unendangered; sure. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'safe'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acceptable,
- all right,
- allowable,
- appropriate,
- armed,
- bank,
- bona fide,
- bursary,
- calculating,
- canny,
- careful,
- cash register,
- cashbox,
- cautious,
- chary,
- chest,
- circumspect,
- cloaked,
- coffer,
- coin box,
- conservative,
- considerate,
- copyrighted,
- correct,
- covered,
- crypt,
- defended,
- deliberate,
- dependable,
- depository,
- discreet,
- exchequer,
- fisc,
- Fort Knox,
- gingerly,
- gold depository,
- guarded,
- guarding,
- harmless,
- healthy,
- heedful,
- hesitant,
- immune,
- immunized,
- impregnable,
- innocent,
- innocuous,
- inoffensive,
- insured,
- intact,
- inviolable,
- invulnerable,
- judicious,
- justifiable,
- justified,
- leaving out nothing,
- locker,
- mindful,
- money chest,
- noncommittal,
- OK,
- okay,
- on guard,
- overlooking no possibility,
- patented,
- pawky,
- penny bank,
- permissible,
- piggy bank,
- policed,
- politic,
- pork barrel,
- proper,
- protected,
- protecting,
- prudent,
- public crib,
- public till,
- public treasury,
- public trough,
- regardful,
- reliable,
- repository,
- right,
- riskless,
- safe and sound,
- safe-deposit box,
- safeguarded,
- safeguarding,
- safely,
- satisfactory,
- scatheless,
- screened,
- secure,
- secured,
- securely,
- sheltered,
- sheltering,
- shielded,
- shielding,
- slow to act,
- solid,
- sound,
- storehouse,
- strong room,
- strongbox,
- subtreasury,
- suitable,
- sure,
- tentative,
- thorough,
- till,
- timely,
- treasure-house,
- treasury,
- tried and true,
- unadventurous,
- unassailable,
- uncommunicative,
- undamaged,
- undaring,
- unenterprising,
- unharmed,
- unhurt,
- uninjured,
- uninjurious,
- unpolluted,
- unprecipitate,
- unscathed,
- unthreatened,
- untouched,
- vault,
- wary,
- whole,
- wholesome
Acronyms for 'SAFE'
From: V.E.R.A.
- Security And Freedom through Encryption [law] (USA, cryptography)