Safe
[seɪf] or [sef]
Definition
(noun.) strongbox where valuables can be safely kept.
(noun.) a ventilated or refrigerated cupboard for securing provisions from pests.
(adj.) (of an undertaking) secure from risk .
(adj.) free from danger or the risk of harm; 'a safe trip'; 'you will be safe here'; 'a safe place'; 'a safe bet' .
(adj.) having reached a base without being put out; 'the runner was called safe when the baseman dropped the ball' .
Edited by Jacqueline--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Checked by Llewellyn
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Secure, unharmed, undamaged, unscathed, unhurt, sound, free from harm, out of harm's way.[2]. Protected, guarded, under lock and key, under cover.[3]. Trusty, trustworthy, reliable, to be depended on, to be relied on.
n. [1]. Place of safety, secure place.[2]. Coffer, money-chest, strong box.
Editor: Lucia
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Secure, unendangered, secured, sure, protected, impregnable, trustworthy,certain
ANT:Insecure, imperilled, dangerous, Hazardous, exposed
Inputed by Allen
Definition
adj. unharmed: free from danger or injury: secure: securing from danger or injury: no longer dangerous: clear: trusty: sound: certain.—n. a chest or closet for money &c. safe against fire thieves &c. generally of iron: a chest or cupboard for meats: (coll.) a safety-bicycle.—v.t. to safeguard.—v.t. Safe′-conduct′ (Spens.).—ns. Safe′-con′duct a writing passport or guard granted to a person to enable him to travel with safety; Safe′-depos′it a safe storage for valuables; Safe′guard he who or that which guards or renders safe: protection: a guard passport or warrant to protect a traveller: a rail-guard at railway switches: (zool.) a monitor lizard.—v.t. to protect.—n. Safe′-keep′ing preservation from injury or from escape.—adv. Safe′ly in a safe manner.—ns. Safe′ness; Safe′-pledge a surety for one's appearance at a day assigned; Safe′ty freedom from danger or loss: close custody: a safeguard: Safe′ty-arch (archit.) an arch built in the body of a wall to relieve the pressure as over a door or window; Safe′ty-belt a belt made of some buoyant material or capable of being inflated for helping a person to float; Safe′ty-bī′cycle a low-wheeled bicycle; Safe′ty-buoy a buoy for helping a person to float: a life-preserver; Safe′ty-cage (mining) a cage by which a fall would be prevented in case of the breakage of the rope by means of safety-catches; Safe′ty-chain a check-chain of a car-truck: a safety-link; Safe′ty-fuse a waterproof woven tube enclosing an inflammable substance which burns at a regular rate; Safe′ty-hoist a hoisting-gear so arranged as to prevent its load being thrown precipitately down in case of accident; Safe′ty-lamp a lamp surrounded by wire-gauze used for safety in mines on account of the inflammable gases; Safe′ty-lock a lock that cannot be picked by ordinary means: in firearms a lock with some device for preventing accidental discharge; Safe′ty-match a match which can be ignited only on a surface specially prepared for the purpose; Safe′ty-pā′per a paper so prepared as to resist alteration by chemical or mechanical means; Safe′ty-pin a pin in the form of a clasp with a guard covering its point; Safe′ty-plug a plug of soft metal in an opening in a steam-boiler so as to melt when the temperature rises to its fusing-point and allow of an escape of steam; Safe′ty-rein a rein for preventing a horse from running away; Safe′ty-stop a contrivance for preventing accidents in machinery; Safe′ty-tube a tube used in chemical operations to prevent the bursting of vessels by gas and for other purposes; Safe′ty-valve a valve in the top of a steam-boiler which lets out the steam when the pressure is too great for safety.
Checker: Raffles
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing a safe, denotes security from discouraging affairs of business and love. To be trying to unlock a safe, you will be worried over the failure of your plans not reaching quick maturity. To find a safe empty, denotes trouble.
Inputed by Lennon
Examples
- Is it safe now, dearest mother? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- With perfect coolness Holmes slipped across to the safe, filled his two arms with bundles of letters, and poured them all into the fire. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- There he is, all safe and sound. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I now ventured to turn my head back, believing myself at a safe distance from the stranger. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- To put it mildly, is it ever safe to ignore them entirely in our thinking? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Nothing had happened--they were both as safe and as well as when I had left them. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Left alone in the study, I opened the safe and withdrew the contents of the drawer in which he had told me I would find my instructions. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- He is no doubt born with an appetite--probably, when he is in a safer state of health, he has an excellent appetite. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- To provide a metal which should be at once stronger and safer than any which had been used before. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Fanny's interest seems in safer hands with you than with me. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- They would have been safer, though they had been taken in actual war against the Saracens, if they had once drank water with them. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- We have seen that they would have been safer among the ancient heathens, with whom the rites of hospitality were sacred. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The sooner we operate now the safer. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Their work is in the shops, devising improvements that will make the airship safer and better fitted for commercial uses. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Once the grotesqueness of the situation accepted, she had seen at a glance that it was the safest in which Dorset could find himself. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Or why had not she rather gone to her own room, as she had felt to be safest, instead of attending the rehearsal at all? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Tell me which was the safest course for men in their position? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Mr. Luker had answered that the best and safest person, in such cases, was usually a respectable solicitor. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- You see, Judy thinks I'm the safest person for you to be with; and she's quite right, she rejoined. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I added, that of course, when the time came, I should go with him, or should follow close upon him, as might be safest in Wemmick's judgment. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Their propriety, simplicity, and elegance, would make them the safest model for any young woman. Jane Austen. Emma.
- We have seen, in treating of safes and locks, how burglars keep pace with the latest inventions to protect property by the use of dynamite and nitro-glycerine explosions. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Chubb, in 1835, patented a process of rendering wooden safes burglar proof by lining them with steel, or case-hardened iron plate. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Bankers' safes had been forced before now, and why should not mine be? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Prior to the century safes were not constructed to withstand the test of intense heat. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The attention of the earliest inventors of the century were directed toward making safes fire-proof. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Hall and Marvin of the United States also invented safes for the same purpose. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Typist: Rachel