SAFE

safe. Safe, a. free from danger; n. a kind of buttery

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Safe (?), a. [Compar. Safer (?); superl. Safest.] [[OE. sauf, F. sauf, fr. L. salvus, akin to salus health, welfare, safety. Cf. Salute, Salvation, Sage a plant, Save, Salvo an exception.]] 1. 1. Free from harm, injury, or risk; untouched or unthreatened by danger or injury; unharmed; unhurt; secure; whole; as, safe from disease; safe from storms; safe from foes. “And ye dwelled safe.” 1 Sam. xii. 11.
They escaped all safe to land. Acts xxvii. 44. Established in a safe, unenvied throne. Milton. 2. 2. Conferring safety; securing from harm; not exposing to danger; confining securely; to be relied upon; not dangerous; as, a safe harbor; a safe bridge, etc. “The man of safe discretion.” Shak.
The King of heaven hath doomed This place our dungeon, not our safe retreat. Milton. 3. 3. Incapable of doing harm; no longer dangerous; in secure care or custody; as, the prisoner is safe.
But Banquo's safe? Ay, my good lord, safe in a ditch he bides. Shak. Safe hit (Baseball), a hit which enables the batter to get to first base even if no error is made by the other side. Syn. — Secure; unendangered; sure.