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Safe

adjective

(compar. safer; superl. safest)

1.

Free from danger or the risk of harm. "You will be safe here" , "A safe place" , "A safe bet"

2.

(of an undertaking) secure from risk.

3.

Having reached a base without being put out.

4.

Financially sound. Synonyms: dependable, good, secure. "A secure investment"

noun

1.

Strongbox where valuables can be safely kept.

2.

A ventilated or refrigerated cupboard for securing provisions from pests.

3.

Contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse. Synonyms: condom, prophylactic, rubber, safety.

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"Safe" Quotes from Famous Books

... ecliptic. It is assumed that the primitive Babylonians were aware that in the course of ages the spring equinox must traverse the southern or watery region of the zodiac. This, on their system, signified a submergence of the whole universe in water, and the Deluge myth would symbolize the safe passage of the vernal Sun-god through that part of the ecliptic. But we need not spend time over that view, as its underlying conception is undoubtedly quite a late development of ...

— Legends Of Babylon And Egypt - In Relation To Hebrew Tradition • Leonard W. King

... said Wesley. "You put your little wad in the bank all safe, and never mention it to a living soul. It doesn't seem right, but your case is peculiar. Every word you say is a true word. Each year you will find less in the swamp, and things everywhere will be scarcer. If you ever get a few dollars ahead, that can ...

— A Girl Of The Limberlost • Gene Stratton Porter

... not by any means the first time that M. Fortunat had found himself at variance with clients of a sanguine temperament; but he had always escaped safe and sound, so that, after all, he was not particularly alarmed in the present instance, as was proved by the fact that he was still calm enough to reflect and plan. "In forty-eight hours I shall be certain of the count's fate," ...

— The Count's Millions - Volume 1 (of 2) • Emile Gaboriau

... surgeon drew a folded document. It was the scale drawing of the Planetara's interior corridors, the lower control rooms and mechanisms. It was always kept in Johnson's safe. And with it, another document: the ship's clearance papers—the secret code pass-words for this voyage, to be used if we should be challenged ...

— Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 • Various

... were acting vigorously, driving the rabble before them, shooting all who resisted, as some did resist desperately. The fire that had grown during the week was quenched at last in blood. On the Thursday morning London was safe, comparatively quiet, almost itself again. The shops indeed were still closed, but mutiny had lived its life. There was a short, sharp struggle during the day in Fleet Street, between some of the fanatics and the Guards, which ...

— A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III (of 4) • Justin McCarthy and Justin Huntly McCarthy

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