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safe

adj
/ˈseɪ̯f/

Etymology

From Middle English sauf, safe, saf, saaf, from Old French sauf, saulf, salf (“safe”), from Latin salvus (“whole, safe”), from Proto-Italic *salwos, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole, every”). Displaced native Old English sicor (“secure, sure”).

  1. derived from *solh₂-✻ — “whole, every”
  2. derived from *salwos✻
  3. derived from salvus
  4. derived from sauf
  5. inherited from sauf

Definitions

  1. Not in danger

    Not in danger; out of harm's reach.

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

  2. Free from risk.

    • It’s safe to eat this berry.
    • In fact, in presenting the home life of these people I have been at some pains to avoid the extreme of privation, taking the cases just as they came to hand on the safer middle-ground of average earnings.

  3. Providing protection from danger

    Providing protection from danger; providing shelter.

    • We have to find a safe spot, where we can hide out until this is over.
  4. ›+ 19 more definitions

    1. When a batter successfully reaches first base, or when a baserunner successfully advances…

      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.

    2. In a location that renders it difficult to pot.

    3. Properly secured.

      • The documents are safe inside the cabbinet.

    4. Not susceptible to a specified source of harm.

      • dishwasher-safe

    5. Great, cool, awesome, respectable

      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
      • Young Mal: Yu can’t. Irie means yer cool, yer safe, everything awright.
      • “If you need more, just ring, yeah?” Punch said. “Safe,” Brian answered.

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

      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.

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

    8. Reliable

      Reliable; trusty.

      • safe food

    9. Certain

      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."
      • "He's safe to be hanged, an' that, all in an' out, when they recovred there senses an' ther tongue, offert to make affidavid on, if they were askt upon oath."

    10. Cautious.

    11. Of a programming language, type-safe or more generally offering well-defined behavior…

      Of a programming language, type-safe or more generally offering well-defined behavior despite programming errors.

    12. 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.

    13. 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.

    14. A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securing provisions from noxious animals…

      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.

    15. A safety bicycle.

    16. 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.”
      • 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 […]

    17. An unincorporated community in Maries County, Missouri, United States.

    18. Acronym of Security Action for Europe.

      • EU countries have in principle agreed on the proposals for a 150 billion euro ($168.3 billion) fund aimed at boosting Europe's defence, known as Security Action for Europe (SAFE), an EU diplomat said on Monday.

    19. Acronym of State Administration of Foreign Exchange.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at safe. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01safe02protection03keeping04provision05item06picked07pick08digging09gold10yellow

A definitional loop anchored at safe. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at safe

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA