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   Safe

   /sāf/

   

   adjective

   • 1. protected from or not exposed to danger or risk; not likely to be harmed or lost: "eggs remain in the damp sand, safe from marine predators" Similar protected from harm/dangershieldedshelteredguardeddefendedsecuresafe and soundout of harm's wayall rightOpposite unsafeinsecureat risk
   • ▪ having reached a base without being put out: "Davis was safe when the right fielder dropped a fly ball"
   • ▪ allowing the batter to reach base and not involving an error: "a safe hit"
   • ▪ not likely to cause or lead to harm or injury; not involving danger or risk: "we have to cross the river where it's safe for us to do so" Similar securesoundrisk-freelow-riskrisklessimpregnableunassailableinvulnerablefortress-likeharmlessinnocuousnontoxicnonpoisonousnonirritantbenignwholesomemildlow-riskOpposite dangerousharmful
   • ▪ (of a place) affording security or protection: "put it in a safe place"
   • 2. cautious and unenterprising: derogatory "MacGregor would be a compromise, the safe choice" Similar cautiouscircumspectprudentcharyattentivetimidunadventurousconservativeunenterprisinginformal:leeryOpposite reckless
   • 3. based on good reasons or evidence and not likely to be proved wrong: "the verdict is safe and satisfactory"
   • 4. uninjured; with no harm done: "they had returned safe and sound" Similar unharmedall rightalive and wellwellunhurtuninjuredunscathedin one pieceundamagedout of dangerout of the wood(s)informal:OKOpposite in danger

   noun

   • 1. a strong fireproof cabinet with a complex lock, used for the storage of valuables.
   • 2. a condom. informal North American

   Word Origin Middle English (as an adjective): from Old French sauf, from Latin salvus ‘uninjured’. The noun is from the verb save1, later assimilated to the adjectival form.

   Derivatives

   • 1. safeness noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

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   • F

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