safe

1. 1

   Not in danger; out of harm's reach.

   • You’ll be safe from the storm here in the cabin.
2. 2

   Free from risk.

   • It’s safe to eat this berry.
3. 3

   Providing protection from danger; providing shelter.

   • We have to find a safe spot, where we can hide out until this is over.
4. 4

   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.
5. 5

   In a location that renders it difficult to pot.

6. 6

   Properly secured.

   • The documents are safe inside the cabbinet.
7. 7

   Not susceptible to a specified source of harm.

   • dishwasher-safe
8. 8

   Great, cool, awesome, respectable; a term of approbation, often as interjection.UKslang

   • 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
   • Young Mal: Yu can’t. Irie means yer cool, yer safe, everything awright.
9. 9

   Supported by evidence and unlikely to be overturned. Usually used in the negative, as unsafe.UK

   • It is clear that this is not a safe conviction.
10. 10

    Lenient, usually describing a teacher that is easy-going.slang

ant. unsafe

1. 1

   A box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping.

   • The small-timers, as he put it, kept their currency in their homes, in safes, in false ceilings, under beds. When necessary, our tax people know where to look. The big-timers, however, use Swiss banks.
2. 2

   A condom.slang

   • She'd better have an arsenal of Trojans in her purse just in case he wasn't carrying a safe in his back pocket.
3. 3

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

   • 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.
4. 4

   A safety bicycle.colloquialdated

syn. guarded · invulnerable · OK · out of harm's way · protected · safe and sound · secure

ant. dangerous · hazardous · unsafe

1. 1

   To make something safe.transitive

   • “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.”
   • One of the most important events after touchdown will be to safe the Dauntless, which will include purging the engines and shutting down the landing systems […]