Definitions for the word "Safe" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. superl.
Incapable of doing harm; no longer dangerous; in secure care or custody; as, the prisoner is safe.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A place for keeping things in safety.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securing provisions from noxious animals or insects.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. t.
To render safe; to make right.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. adj.
1 free of danger or injury. 2 secure, not risky (in a safe place). 3 reliable, certain. 4 prevented from escaping or doing harm (have got him safe). 5 (also safe and sound) uninjured; with no harm done. 6 cautious, unenterprising. n. 1 strong lockable cabinet etc. For valuables. 2 = *meat safe. on the safe side with a margin for error. safely adv. [french sauf from latin salvus]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
9. slang
trusty, worthy of confidence. A SAFE card is a man who knows
“what’s o’clock.” A SAFE man among betters is one who is sure to fulfil
his engagements.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
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