Safe
Safe , adjective
[Old English sauf, French sauf, from Latin salvus, akin to salus health, welfare, safety. Compare 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.
They escaped all safe to land.
Established in a safe, unenvied throne.
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.
The King of heaven hath doomed
This place our dungeon, not our safe retreat.
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.
Collocations (2)
Safe hit (Baseball) , a hit which enables the batter to get to first base even if no error is made by the other side.
safe house , a residence where a person in hiding from the authorities or other persons may stay without being discovered.
Safe , noun
A place for keeping things in safety.
(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.
Safe , transitive verb
To render safe; to make right. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare