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Audio Help [seyf] Pronunciation Key adjective, saf·er, saf·est, noun

–adjective

1.	secure from liability to harm, injury, danger, or risk: a safe place.

2.	free from hurt, injury, danger, or risk: to arrive safe and sound.

3.	involving little or no risk of mishap, error, etc.: a safe estimate.

4.	dependable or trustworthy: a safe guide.

5.	careful to avoid danger or controversy: a safe player; a safe play.

6.	denied the chance to do harm; in secure custody: a criminal safe in jail.

Baseball.

a.	reaching base without being put out: safe on the throw to first base.

b.	making it possible to reach a base: a safe slide.

–noun

8.	a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.

9.	any receptacle or structure for the storage or preservation of articles: a meat safe.

10.

(in plumbing)

a.	a pan for catching leakage.

b.	template (def. 7).

11.	Slang. a condom.

[Origin: 1250–1300; (adj.) ME sauf, saf < AF saf, OF sauf < L salvus intact, whole; (n.) late ME save, orig. deriv. of save¹, assimilated to the adj.; cf. salvation

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—Related forms

safely, adverb

safeness, noun

—Synonyms 1. protected, sound, guarded. Safe, secure may both imply that something can be regarded as free from danger. These words are frequently interchangeable. Safe, however, is applied rather to a person or thing that is out of or has passed beyond the reach of danger: The ship is safe in port. Secure is applied to that about which there is no need to fear or worry: to feel secure about the future; The foundation of the house does not seem very secure. 4. sure, reliable. 5. wary, careful. 8. strongbox, coffer, chest, safe-deposit box.

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safe Audio Help (sāf) Pronunciation Key
adj. saf·er, saf·est

Secure from danger, harm, or evil.
Free from danger or injury; unhurt: safe and sound.
Free from risk; sure: a safe bet.
Affording protection: a safe place.
Baseball Having reached a base without being put out, as a batter or base runner.

A metal container usually having a lock, used for storing valuables.
A repository for protecting stored items, especially a cooled compartment for perishable foods: a cheese safe.
Slang A condom.