safe

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If you're safe, you're out of harm's way, or protected from being hurt. These days most parents strap their small children into car seats to keep them safe.

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A place for keeping things in safety.

Noun
contraceptive device consisting of a thin rubber or latex sheath worn over the penis during intercourse

Noun
strongbox where valuables can be kept safe

Noun
a ventilated or refrigerated cupboard for securing provisions from pests

Adjective S.
of an undertaking

Adjective
free from danger or the risk of harm; "a safe trip"; "you will be safe here"; "a safe place"; "a safe bet"

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Adjective S.
in safekeeping; "your secret is safe with me"

Adjective S.
financially sound; "a good investment"; "a secure investment"


superl.
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.

superl.
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.

superl.
Incapable of doing harm; no longer dangerous; in secure care or custody; as, the prisoner is safe.

n.
A place for keeping things in safety.

n.
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.

n.
A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securing provisions from noxious animals or insects.

v. t.
To render safe; to make right.


Safe

Safe , n. 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. To render safe; to make right. [Obs.] Shak.

A place for keeping things in safety.

To render safe; to make right.

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Usage Examples

At my age the only problem is with remembering names. When I call everyone darling, it has damn all to do with passionately adoring them, but I know I'm safe calling them that. Although, of course, I adore them too.

Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.

As human beings, we are vulnerable to confusing the unprecedented with the improbable. In our everyday experience, if something has never happened before, we are generally safe in assuming it is not going to happen in the future, but the exceptions can kill you and climate change is one of those exceptions.

A lot of journalists like to suck up to celebrities, and then as soon as they're a safe distance away at their computers, they take shots. But that's the way society has become, especially in pop culture.

A safe and nutritionally adequate diet is a basic individual right and an essential condition for sustainable development, especially in developing countries.

Family traditions counter alienation and confusion. They help us define who we are they provide something steady, reliable and safe in a confusing world.

Eighty percent of all choices are based on fear. Most people don't choose what they want they choose what they think is safe.

At 6 years old, the ice became a place for me to express myself. Because I was so shy off the ice, it became my safe haven, with music and freedom and self-expression. That was my emotional outlet.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

For 50 years, nuclear power stations have produced three products which only a lunatic could want: bomb-explosive plutonium, lethal radioactive waste and electricity so dear it has to be heavily subsidised. They leave to future generations the task, and most of the cost, of making safe sites that have been polluted half-way to eternity.

Child abuse and neglect offend the basic values of our state. We have a responsibility to provide safe settings for at-risk children and facilitate permanent placement for children who cannot return home.

Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.

Driving at high speed where safe and legal is part of my life. As well as a higher top speed I wanted even better stability in my FX and that meant work on the aerodynamics.

Drones can be a highly effective way of dealing with high-priority targets, but they should not become the drug of choice for an administration that is afraid to use successful, legal and safe tactics of the past.

An alliance with a powerful person is never safe.

Each and every one of the security measures we implement serves an important goal: providing safe and efficient air travel for the millions of people who rely on our aviation system every day.

Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.

Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.

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