safe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: sāf
ipa: /seɪf/
rhymes: -eɪf
Forms: form: safes
form: safing
form: safed
form: safed
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).
Senses: examples: text: “It just trails behind the pylon until I land, then Cramer removes it when he safes the rocket pods. No evidence of anything when I taxi back inside the compound.”
ref: 2007, Rocky Raab, Mike Five Eight: Air War Over Cambodia: Air War Over Cambodia:
text: One of the most important events after touchdown will be to safe the Dauntless, which will include purging the engines and shutting down the landing systems […]
ref: 2012, Erik Seedhouse, Interplanetary Outpost:
glosses: To make something safe.
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from safe (adjective, noun, verb)
word: better safe than sorry
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word: binary safe
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word: Coolgardie safe
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word: covid-safe
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word: dishwasher safe
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word: drop safe
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word: ensafe
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word: fail safe
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word: fail-safe
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word: French safe
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word: gender-safe
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word: ice-safe
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word: in safe hands
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word: is this a safe space
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word: keep yourself safe
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word: letter of safe conduct
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word: match safe
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word: meat safe
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word: memory-safe
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word: microwave safe
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word: night safe
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word: on the safe side
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word: pie safe
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word: play it safe
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word: play safe
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word: quantum-safe
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word: safe and sound
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word: safe area
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word: safe as a kitten
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word: safe as a kitten in a basket
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word: safe as a kitten in a box
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word: safe as houses
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word: safe as the Bank of England
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word: safe bet
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word: safeblower
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word: safe-conduct
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word: safe conduct
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word: safe-cracker
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word: safe day
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word: safe-deposit
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word: safe-deposit box
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word: safeguard
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word: safe harbor
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word: safe haven
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word: safe hit
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word: safehold
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word: safehouse
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word: safe in the knowledge
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word: safeish
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word: safekeeping
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word: safelight
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word: safelist
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word: safen
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word: safe navigation operator
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word: safeness
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word: safe pair of hands
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word: safe place
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word: safe pledge
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word: safe prime
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word: safe room
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word: safer sex
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word: safe seat
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word: safe sex
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word: safe space
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word: safe third country
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word: safe travels
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word: safe word
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word: tape safe
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word: threadsafe
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word: type-safe
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word: ultrasafe
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word: vouchsafe
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word: work-safe
Related terms: save
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