the state of being safe; freedom from the occurrence or risk of injury, danger, or loss.
2.
the quality of averting or not causing injury, danger, or loss.
3.
a contrivance or device to prevent injury or avert danger.
4.
Also called lock, safety catch, safety lock.a locking or cutoff device that prevents a gun from being fired accidentally.
5.
the action of keeping safe.
6.
Football.
a.
an act or play in which a player on the offensive team is tackled in his own end zone or downs the ball there, or in which the ball goes out of bounds on a fumble, having last been in bounds in or over the end zone and having last been in the possession of an offensive player. Compare touchback.
b.
an award of two points to the opposing team on this play.
c.
Also called safety man.a player on defense who lines up farthest behind the line of scrimmage.
7.
Baseball. a base hit, esp. a one-base hit.
8.
Slang. a condom.
9.
Obsolete. close confinement or custody.
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME sauvete < MF. See safe, -ty2]
The condition of being safe; freedom from danger, risk, or injury.
A device designed to prevent accidents, as a lock on a firearm preventing accidental firing.
Football
A play in which a member of the offensive team downs the ball, willingly or unwillingly, behind his own goal line, resulting in two points for the defensive team.
c.1300, from O.Fr. sauvete, earlier salvetet (11c.), from M.L. salvitatem (nom. salvitas) "safety," from L. salvus (see safe). Meaning "trigger-lock on a gun" is attested from 1881. As a N.Amer. football position, first recorded 1881. Safety-pin is from 1857; safety-valve is from 1797; fig. sense recorded from 1818. Safety-net first recorded 1950. Safety-first as an accident-prevention slogan first used in Britain in 1873 (said to be originally from U.S. railroads); widely used on Conservative Party election posters in 1922.
the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions; "insure the safety of the children"; "the reciprocal of safety is risk" [ant: danger]
2.
a safe place; "He ran to safety"
3.
a device designed to prevent injury or accidents [syn: guard]
4.
(baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely [syn: base hit]
5.
contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse [syn: condom]
6.
a score in American football; a player is tackled behind his own goal line
the state of being safe Example: I worry about the children's safety on these busy roads; a place of safety; (also adjective) safety goggles; safety helmet
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Es*cape"\, n. 1. The act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil; flight; as, an escape in battle; a narrow escape; also, the means of escape; as, a fire escape. I would hasten my escape from the windy storm. --Ps. lv. 8. 2. That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression. [Obs.] I should have been more accurate, and corrected all those former escapes. --Burton. 3. A sally. "Thousand escapes of wit." --Shak. 4. (Law) The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody. Note: Escape is technically distinguishable from prison breach, which is the unlawful departure of the prisoner from custody, escape being the permission of the departure by the custodian, either by connivance or negligence. The term escape, however, is applied by some of the old authorities to a departure from custody by stratagem, or without force. --Wharton. 5. (Arch.) An apophyge. 6. Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid. 7. (Elec.) Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting wires, caused by defective insulation. Escape pipe (Steam Boilers), a pipe for carrying away steam that escapes through a safety valve. Escape valve (Steam Engine), a relief valve; a safety valve. See under Relief, and Safety. Escape wheel (Horol.), the wheel of an escapement.
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