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safe
English
Etymology
From Middle English sauf, safe, saf, saaf, from Old French sauf, saulf, salf (“safe”), from Latin salvus (“whole, safe”), from Proto-Indo-European *solh?- (“whole, every”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: s?f, IPA(key): /se?f/
- Rhymes: -e?f
- Hyphenation: safe
Adjective
safe (comparative safer or more safe, superlative safest or most safe)
- Not in danger; out of harm's reach.
- Free from risk.
- Synonyms: riskless, harmless
- Antonyms: harmful, dangerous
- Providing protection from danger; providing shelter.
- (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.
- Properly secured.
- Synonym: secure
- Hyponyms: binary-safe, fail-safe, thread-safe, type-safe
- (used after a noun, often forming a compound) Not susceptible to a specified source of harm.
- (Britain, slang) Great, cool, awesome, respectable; a term of approbation, often as interjection.
- Synonyms: wicked, cool; see also Thesaurus:awesome
- (slang) Lenient, usually describing a teacher that is easy-going.
- Synonyms: easy-going, merciful, tolerant, lenient
- Antonyms: strict, harsh, intolerant
- Reliable; trusty.
- Synonym: trustworthy
- Cautious.
- (programming) Of a programming language, type-safe or more generally offering well-defined behavior despite programming errors.
Antonyms
- unsafe
Translations
Noun
safe (plural safes)
- A box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping.
- (slang) A condom.
- 1999, Rita Ciresi, Pink Slip, Delta (1999), ?ISBN, page 328:
- She'd better have an arsenal of Trojans in her purse just in case he wasn't carrying a safe in his back pocket.
- 1999, Rita Ciresi, Pink Slip, Delta (1999), ?ISBN, page 328:
- (dated) A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securing provisions from noxious animals or insects.
- (dated, colloquial) A safety bicycle.
Synonyms
- (box for storing valuables): coffer, lockbox, strongbox
- (condom): see also Thesaurus:condom.
Hyponyms
- failsafe
Translations
Verb
safe (third-person singular simple present safes, present participle safing, simple past and past participle safed)
- (transitive) To make something safe.
Derived terms
Related terms
- better safe than sorry
- Coolgardie safe
See also
- save
- safety
References
- safe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Further reading
- safe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- safe in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- safe at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- EFAs, FAEs, faes
Hausa
Adverb
s?fe
- in the morning
Middle English
Adjective
safe
- Alternative form of sauf
Preposition
safe
- Alternative form of sauf
Conjunction
safe
- Alternative form of sauf
Portuguese
Verb
safe
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of safar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of safar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of safar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of safar
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easy
English
Alternative forms
- aisy (dialectal, archaic)
- easie (obsolete)
- eazy (eye dialect)
- EZ (abbreviation, US, informal)
Etymology
From Middle English eesy, esy, partly from Middle English ese (“ease”) + -y, equivalent to ease +? -y, and partly from Old French aisié (“eased, at ease, at leisure”), past participle of aisier (“to put at ease”), from aise (“empty space, elbow room, opportunity”), of uncertain origin. See ease. Merged with Middle English ethe, eathe (“easy”), from Old English ?eþe, from Proto-Germanic *auþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *aut- (“empty, lonely”). Compare also Old Saxon ?þi, Old High German ?di, Old Norse auðr, all meaning "easy, vacant, empty." More at ease, eath.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?i?zi/, /?i?z?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?izi/
- Rhymes: -i?zi
Adjective
easy (comparative easier or more easy, superlative easiest or most easy)
- (now rare except in certain expressions) Comfortable; at ease.
- Requiring little skill or effort.
- Causing ease; giving comfort, or freedom from care or labour.
- Rich people live in easy circumstances.
- an easy chair
- Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth.
- easy manners; an easy style
- (informal, derogatory, of a woman) Consenting readily to sex.
- Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; compliant.
- He gain'd their easy hearts.
- (finance, dated) Not straitened as to money matters; opposed to tight.
- The market is easy.
Synonyms
- (comfortable): relaxed, relaxing
- (not difficult): light, eath
- (consenting readily to sex): fast
- (requiring little skill or effort): soft, trivial
- See also Thesaurus:easy
Antonyms
- (comfortable, at ease): uneasy, anxious
- (requiring little skill or effort): difficult, hard, uneasy, uneath, challenging
Derived terms
Related terms
- ease
Descendants
- ? Faroese: isi
- ? Finnish: iisi
Translations
Adverb
easy (comparative easier, superlative easiest)
- In a relaxed or casual manner.
- In a manner without strictness or harshness.
- Used an intensifier for large magnitudes.
- Not difficult, not hard. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Derived terms
- breathe easy
Noun
easy (plural easies)
- Something that is easy
Verb
easy (third-person singular simple present easies, present participle easying, simple past and past participle easied)
- (rowing) Synonym of easy-oar
Anagrams
- Ayes, Saye, Seay, ayes, eyas, saye, yaes, yeas
Middle English
Adjective
easy
- Alternative form of esy
Adverb
easy
- Alternative form of esy
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- what easy to make for dinner
- what easy dessert can i make
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- what easy jobs pay the most
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