01 a. Free from harm, injury, or risk; untouched or unthreatened by danger or injury; unharmed; unhurt; secure; whole; as, safe from disease; saf…
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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.“They escaped all safe to land.” — Acts xxvii. 44.“Established in a safe, unenvied throne.” — Milton.
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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.“The King of heaven hath doomed This place our dungeon, not our safe retreat.” — Milton.
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Incapable of doing harm; no longer dangerous; in secure care or custody; as, the prisoner is safe.“But Banquo's safe? Ay, my good lord, safe in a ditch he bides.” — Shak.
Phrases & compounds
Safe hit —
a hit which enables the batter to get to first base even if no error is made by the other side.
safe house —
a residence where a person in hiding from the authorities or other persons may stay without being discovered.
Syn.
Secure; unendangered; sure.