safe

Meaning

Adj

1. Not in danger; out of harm's reach.
2. Free from risk.
3. Providing protection from danger; providing shelter.
4. 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. In a location that renders it difficult to pot.
6. Properly secured.
7. Not susceptible to a specified source of harm.
8. (slang) Great, cool, awesome, respectable; a term of approbation, often as interjection.
9. (slang) Lenient, usually describing a teacher that is easy-going.
10. Reliable; trusty.
11. Cautious.
12. Of a programming language, type-safe or more generally offering well-defined behavior despite programming errors.

Noun

1. A box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping.
2. (slang) A condom.
3. A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securing provisions from noxious animals or insects.
4. (colloquial) A safety bicycle.

Verb

To make something safe.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/seɪf/

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).