safeとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: sāf, IPA^(key): /seɪf/
• 韻: -eɪf
• ハイフネーション: safe

形容詞

safe (comparative safer または more safe, superlative safest または most safe)

1. Not in danger; out of harm's reach.

   You’ll be safe here.

2. Free from risk.

   Synonyms: riskless, harmless

   Antonyms: harmful, dangerous

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess‎^[1]:

     When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.

   It’s safe to eat this.

3. Providing protection from danger; providing shelter.

   We have to find a safe spot, where we can hide out until this is over.

4. (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.

   The pitcher attempted to pick off the runner at first, but he was safe.

5. Properly secured.

   Synonym: secure

   Hyponyms: binary-safe, fail-safe, thread-safe, type-safe

   The documents are safe.

6. (used after a noun, often forming a compound) Not susceptible to a specified source of harm.

   dishwasher-safe

7. (UK, slang) Great, cool, awesome, respectable; a term of approbation, often as interjection.

   Synonyms: wicked, cool; see also Thesaurus:awesome

   • 1996 August 12, "Mandrake", “Re: Multiple Messages - an apology”, in uk.people.gothic, Usenet‎^[2]:

     and you also forgot to mentioned^[sic] the wheels man you know bmw playing / ragga jungle hip hop tunes / and on the mobile / yeah safe! / nice one / later

   • 1996 or 1997, Roy Williams, Plays 1: The No Boys Cricket Club / Startstruck / Lift Off‎^[3], Methuen, published 2002, →ISBN, page 165:

     Young Mal: Yu can’t. Irie means yer cool, yer safe, everything awright.

   • 2000, Teddy Hayes, Dead by Popular Demand‎^[4], Justin, Charles & Co., published 2005, →ISBN, Chapter 14, page 134:

     “If you need more, just ring, yeah?” Punch said.
     “Safe,” Brian answered.

   • 2002, Danny Braverman, Playing a Part: Drama and Citizenship‎^[5], Trentham Books, →ISBN, One Thursday — a short play, page 62:

     They end the call. Fami goes over to Paul. They touch hands.¶ Femi: Yeah, safe man.

   • 2013, Steve Carter, Love, Sex and Tesco's Finest Cava, →ISBN, page 169:

     “Yeah, safe mate, wassup?” says one hoodie, who should at least be credited with attempting a more detailed sentence construction.

8. (slang) Lenient, usually describing a teacher that is easy-going.

   Synonyms: easy-going, merciful, tolerant, lenient

   Antonyms: strict, harsh, intolerant

9. Reliable; trusty.

   Synonym: trustworthy

10. Cautious.
11. (programming) Of a programming language, type-safe or more generally offering well-defined behavior despite programming errors.

反意語

• unsafe

名詞

safe (複数形 safes)

1. A box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping.
2. (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.

3. (dated) A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securing provisions from noxious animals or insects.
   • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, Sydney: Ure Smith, published 1962, page 29:

     The other room was a kitchen, with an open fireplace, a safe, a dresser and a tin sink, with a tap from the tank outside.

4. (dated, colloquial) A safety bicycle.

同意語

• (box for storing valuables): coffer, lockbox, strongbox
• (condom): see also Thesaurus:condom.

下位語

• failsafe

動詞

safe (三人称単数 現在形 safes, 現在分詞 safing, 過去形および過去分詞形 safed)

1. (transitive) To make something safe.
   • 2007, Rocky Raab, Mike Five Eight: Air War Over Cambodia: Air War Over Cambodia‎^[6]:

     “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.”

   • 2012, Erik Seedhouse, Interplanetary Outpost:

     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 […]

派生語

関連する語

• better safe than sorry
• Coolgardie safe

参考

• save
• safety

参照

• safe on 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

アナグラム

• EFAs, FAEs, faes

派生語

• dishwasher-safe
• fail-safe

参考

• -proof

アナグラム

• EFAs, FAEs, faes