safe
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From Middle English, from Old French sauf, from Latin salvus (“whole, safe”), from Proto-Indo-European *salw-, *solw-, *slōw- (“safe, healthy”).
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safe (comparative safer, superlative safest)
- Not in danger; free from harm's reach.
- You’ll be safe here.
- Free from risk; harmless, riskless.
- It’s safe to eat this.
- If you push it to the limit, safety is not guaranteed.
- Providing protection from danger; providing shelter.
- We have to find a safe spot, where we can hide out until this is over.
- (baseball) 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.
- Properly secured; secure.
- The documents are safe.
- (used after a noun, often forming a compound) Not in danger from the specified source of harm.
- dishwasher safe; dishwasher-safe
- (UK, slang) Great, cool, awesome, respectable; a term of approbation.
- 1996 August 12, "Mandrake", “Re: Multiple Messages - an apology”, uk.people.gothic, Usenet:
- 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 or 1997, Roy Williams, Plays 1: The No Boys Cricket Club / Startstruck / Lift Off[1], Methuen, ISBN 9780413772091, published 2002, page 165:
- Young Mal: Yu can’t. Irie means yer cool, yer safe, everything awright.
- 2000, Teddy Hayes, Dead by Popular Demand[2], Justin, Charles & Co., ISBN 9781932112238, published 2005, Chapter 14, page 134:
- “If you need more, just ring, yeah?” Punch said.¶ “Safe,” Brian answered.
- 2002, Danny Braverman, Playing a Part: Drama and Citizenship[3], Trentham Books, ISBN 9781858562424, One Thursday — a short play, page 62:
- They end the call. Fami goes over to Paul. They touch hands.¶ Femi: Yeah, safe man.
- (Can we date this quote?) Steve Carter, Love, Sex and Tesco's Finest Cava, page 169:
- “Yeah, safe mate, wassup?” says one hoodie, who should at least be credited with attempting a more detailed sentence construction.
- 1996 August 12, "Mandrake", “Re: Multiple Messages - an apology”, uk.people.gothic, Usenet:
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not in danger
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free from risk
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providing protection from danger
properly secured
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not in danger from a specified source of harm
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safe (plural safes)
- A box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping.
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box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
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- safe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- safe in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- safe at OneLook Dictionary Search
