Usually means: Protected from or not causing danger.
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We found 53 dictionaries that define the word safe:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. safe: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. safe, safe: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. safe: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. safe: Collins English Dictionary
  5. safe: Vocabulary.com
  6. Safe, safe, safe: Wordnik
  7. safe: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. -safe, safe: Wiktionary
  9. safe: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. safe: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. safe: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. SAFE, Safe: Dictionary.com
  13. safe (adj.), safe (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. safe: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. SAFE (New Zealand organisation), SAFE (cable system), SAFE (disambiguation), SAFE, Safe (EP), Safe (Firefly), Safe (Fringe), Safe (House), Safe (Phil Wickham song), Safe (Sage song), Safe (TV series), Safe (Westlife song), Safe (band), Safe (baseball), Safe (disambiguation), Safe (film), Safe (movie), Safe (musician), Safe (rapper), Safe: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Safe: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. safe: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. safe: Rhymezone
  19. Safe (m), safe: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. safe: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. SAFE: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  22. SAFE: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  23. safe: Free Dictionary
  24. safe: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. safe: Dictionary/thesaurus
  26. safe: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Numa DERIVATIVES ACRONYMS (No longer online)
  3. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  4. safe: Legal dictionary
  5. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. safe: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. safe: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. safe: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. CIA World Factbook (No longer online)
  3. SAFE: Acronym Finder
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  5. safe: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Safe: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics

Slang (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Safe (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. safe, safe: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  3. safe: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  4. The Safe: A Seattle Lexicon
  5. The Safe: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Safe: Backgammon
  2. Safe: Sports Definitions

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Locksmith Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Not in danger; out of harm's reach.
adjective:  Free from risk.
adjective:  Providing protection from danger; providing shelter.
adjective:  (baseball) 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.
adjective:  (snooker, of an object ball) In a location that renders it difficult to pot.
adjective:  Properly secured.
adjective:  (used after a noun, often forming a compound) Not susceptible to a specified source of harm.
adjective:  (UK, slang) Great, cool, awesome, respectable; a term of approbation, often as interjection.
adjective:  (UK, law) (of a conviction) Supported by evidence and unlikely to be overturned. Usually used in the negative, as unsafe.
adjective:  (slang) Lenient, usually describing a teacher that is easy-going.
adjective:  Reliable; trusty.
adjective:  Cautious.
adjective:  (programming) Of a programming language, type-safe or more generally offering well-defined behavior despite programming errors.
noun:  A box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping.
noun:  (slang) A condom.
noun:  (dated) A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securing provisions from noxious animals or insects.
noun:  (dated, colloquial) A safety bicycle.
verb:  (transitive) To make something safe.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Maries County, Missouri, United States.

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