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safe

  [seyf] adjective, saf⋅er, saf⋅est, noun
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–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.
7. 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 save 1 , assimilated to the adj.; cf. salvation

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   (sāf)   
adj.   saf·er, saf·est

  1. Secure from danger, harm, or evil.

  2. Free from danger or injury; unhurt: safe and sound.

  3. Free from risk; sure: a safe bet.

  4. Affording protection: a safe place.

  5. Baseball Having reached a base without being put out, as a batter or base runner.

n.  

  1. A metal container usually having a lock, used for storing valuables.

  2. A repository for protecting stored items, especially a cooled compartment for perishable foods: a cheese safe.

  3. Slang A condom.


[Middle English sauf, from Old French, from Latin salvus, healthy; see sol- in Indo-European roots.]
safe'ly adv., safe'ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

safe  (n.)
"chest for keeping valuables," c.1430, save, from M.Fr. en sauf "in safety," from sauf (see safe (adj.)). Spelling with -f- first recorded 1688, from infl. of safe (adj.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: safe
Pronunciation: 'sAf
Function: adjective
Inflected Forms: saf·er; saf·est
: not causing harm or injury;especially : having a low incidence of adverse reactions and significant side effects when adequate instructions for use are given and having a low potential for harm under conditionsof widespread availability safe> <safe use in pregnancy has not been established —Emergency Medicine> —safe·ty /'sAf-tE/ noun plural -ties
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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