Sekirov Dictionary

safe

/ˈseɪ̯f/

adjective 14
noun 4
verb 1
forms 7
phrases 3

adjective14

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not in danger, and not able to be hurt or damaged
- You’ll be safe from the storm here in the cabin.
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Properly secured.
- The documents are safe inside the cabbinet.
Not susceptible to a specified source of harm.
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Free from risk.
- It’s safe to eat this berry.
Reliable; trusty.
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Providing protection from danger; providing shelter.
- We have to find a safe spot, where we can hide out until this is over.
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(UK) Supported by evidence and unlikely to be overturned. Usually used in the negative, as unsafe.
- It is clear that this is not a safe conviction.
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When a batter successfully reaches first base, or when a baserunner successfully advances to the next base or returns to the base he last occupied; not out.
- The pitcher attempted to pick off the runner at first, but he was safe.
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(UK, slang) Great, cool, awesome, respectable; a term of approbation, often as interjection.
- and you also forgot to mentioned^([sic]) the wheels man you know bmw playing / ragga jungle hip hop tunes / and on the mobile / yeah safe! / nice one / later — 1996
Cautious.
Of a programming language, type-safe or more generally offering well-defined behavior despite programming errors.
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Certain; sure.
- "[…] so if you think he is at the infirmary, I'll make my way there." "He's safe to be there, my lad, because he's house surgeon to the infirmary, and they do say he's a very clever one." — 1883
(slang) Lenient, usually describing a teacher that is easy-going.
In a location that renders it difficult to pot.

noun4

A box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping.
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(old-fashioned) A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securing provisions from noxious animals or insects.
- The other room was a kitchen, with an open fireplace, a safe, a dresser and a tin sink, with a tap from the tank outside. — 1938
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(slang) A condom.
- She'd better have an arsenal of Trojans in her purse just in case he wasn't carrying a safe in his back pocket. — 1999
(informal, old-fashioned) A safety bicycle.

verb1

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To make something safe.
- “It just trails behind the pylon until I land, then Cramer removes it when he safes the rocket pods. No evidence of anything when I taxi back inside the compound.” — 2007

forms

safed · safing · safes · more safe · safer · most safe · safest

Phrases with safe

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