Safe

/ˈseɪ̯f/ · adjective

Meaning

Not in danger; out of harm's reach..

Definitions by Sense

1. Not in danger; out of harm's reach.
2. Free from risk.
3. Providing protection from danger; providing shelter.
4. (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.
5. (snooker, of an object ball) In a location that renders it difficult to pot.
6. Properly secured.
7. (used after a noun, often forming a compound) Not susceptible to a specified source of harm.
8. (UK, slang) Great, cool, awesome, respectable; a term of approbation, often as interjection.

Example Sentences

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

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.

When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.

Probably the safest and easiest 'tool' that you can use to get off your rusty-dusty and follow your choice of exercise routine.

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

The pitcher attempted to pick off the runner at first, but he was safe.

The documents are safe inside the cabbinet.

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Word Forms

• safer
• more safe
• safest
• most safe
• safes
• safing
• safed

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