Definition of: safe

(sāf) adjective
1. Free or freed from danger or evil.
2. Having escaped injury or damage; unharmed.
3. Not hazardous; not involving risk or loss; also, conferring safety; of persons, trusty; prudent.
4. Not likely to disappoint; free from doubt or error: It is safe to promise.
5. Not likely to cause or do harm or injury.
6. In politics, adhering to party principles; to be depended on to support certain interests: said of a candidate; also, sure to vote for a certain candidate: said of a district.
7. In baseball, having reached base without being retired: He was ruled safe at second. See synonyms under SECURE.
—noun
1. A strong iron-and-steel receptacle, usually fireproof, for protecting valuables, as money or jewels.
2. Any place of safe storage, as a room, tank, refrigerator, or box, for preserving perishable articles, as meat or fish. [<OF sauf <L salvus whole, healthy]
—safe′ly adverb
—safe′ness noun