Category:Safe

Safe, a. [compar. Safer; superl. Safest.] Etym: [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. They escaped all safe all safe to land. Acts xxvii. 44. Established in a safe, unenvied throne. Milton.

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. The king of heaven hath doomed this place our dungeon, not our safe Retreat. Milton.

3. 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. Shak. Safe hit (baseball), a hit which enables the batter to get to first Base even if no error is made by the other side.

Syn. -- secure; unendangered; sure.

Safe Safe, n.

Defn: 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 money, valuable papers, Or the like. (b) a ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securing Provisions from noxious animals or insects.

Safe Safe, v. t.

Defn: to render safe; to make right. [obs.] Shak.