free, protected, (from danger etc); unhurt and undamaged; not causing or likely to cause danger; a strong box or compartment with a special lock, in which money and other valuables are kept
free from harm
Cases of word usage
1) the repetition of the first sound or letter in a succession of words, e.g. safe and sound; through thick and thin (alliteration)
2) risky; not safe (dodgy)
3) (of machinery) able to be in a safe state if it stops working (failsafe)
4) to keep (a person, thing) safe (from danger, enemies, attack) (protect)
5) the act, state, of being kept safe (safekeeping)
6) to make, keep, a person, thing safe (from loss, death, injury etc); (dated) except: 'all save him'; to free (a person) from the need of using (something) (save)
7) not safe (unsafe)
