Thesaurus: safety

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1. n. The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss.
2. n. Freedom from whatever exposes one to danger or from liability to cause danger or harm; safeness; hence, the quality of making safe or secure, or of giving confidence, justifying trust, insuring against harm or loss, etc.
3. n. Preservation from escape; close custody.
4. n. Same as Safety touchdown, below.
5. n. the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions
6. n. a safe place
7. n. a device designed to prevent injury or accidents
8. n. (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely
9. n. contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse
10. n. a score in American football; a player is tackled behind their own goal line
11. 1. The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss. Up led by thee, Into the heaven I have presumed, An earthly guest . . . With like safety guided down, Return me to my native element. Milton. 2. Freedom from whatever exposes one to danger or from libility to cause danger or harm; safeness; hence, the quality of making safe or secure, or of giving confidence, justifying trust, insuring against harm or loss, etc. Would there were any safety in thy sex, That I might put a thousand sorrows off. Beau. & Fl. 3. Preservation from escape; close custody. Imprison him, . . . Deliver him to safety; and return. Shak. 4. (Football) Same as Safety touchdown, below. Safety arch (Arch.), a discharging arch. See under Discharge, v. t. -- Safety belt, a belt made of some buoyant material, or which is capable of being inflated, so as to enable a person to float in water; a life preserver. -- Safety buoy, a buoy to enable a person to float in water; a safety belt. -- Safety cage (Mach.), a cage for an elevator or mine lift, having appliances to prevent it from dropping if the lifting rope should break. -- Safety lamp. (Mining) See under Lamp. -- Safety match, a match which can be ignited only on a surface specially prepared for the purpose. -- Safety pin, a pin made in the form of a clasp, with a guard covering its point so that it will not prick the wearer. -- safety plug. See Fusible plug, under Fusible. -- Safety switch. See Switch. -- Safety touchdown (Football), the act or result of a player's touching to the ground behind his own goal line a ball which received its last impulse from a man on his own side; -- distinguished from touchback. See Touchdown. -- Safety tube (Chem.), a tube to prevent explosion, or to control delivery of gases by an automatic valvular connection with the outer air; especially, a bent funnel tube with bulbs for adding those reagents which produce unpleasant fumes or violent effervescence. -- Safety valve, a valve which is held shut by a spring or weight and opens automatically to permit the escape of steam, or confined gas, water, etc., from a boiler, or other vessel, when the pressure becomes too great for safety; also, sometimes, a similar valve opening inward to admit air to a vessel in which the pressure is less than that of the atmosphere, to prevent collapse.
12. Same as Safety touchdown, below. Safety arch (Arch.), adischarging arch. See under Discharge, v. t.-- Safety belt, a belt made of some buoyant material, or which iscapable of being inflated, so as to enable a person to float inwater; a life preserver.-- Safety buoy, a buoy to enable a person to float in water; asafety belt.-- Safety cage (Mach.), a cage for an elevator or mine lift, havingappliances to prevent it from dropping if the lifting rope shouldbreak.-- Safety lamp. (Mining) See under Lamp.-- Safety match, a match which can be ignited only on a surfacespecially prepared for the purpose.-- Safety pin, a pin made in the form of a clasp, with a guardcovering its point so that it will not prick the wearer.-- safety plug. See Fusible plug, under Fusible.-- Safety switch. See Switch.-- Safety touchdown (Football), the act or result of a player'stouching to the ground behind his own goal line a ball which receivedits last impulse from a man on his own side; -- distinguished fromtouchback. See Touchdown.-- Safety tube (Chem.), a tube to prevent explosion, or to controldelivery of gases by an automatic valvular connection with the outerair; especially, a bent funnel tube with bulbs for adding thosereagents which produce unpleasant fumes or violent effervescence.-- Safety valve, a valve which is held shut by a spring or weightand opens automatically to permit the escape of steam, or confinedgas, water, etc., from a boiler, or other vessel, when the pressurebecomes too great for safety; also, sometimes, a similar valveopening inward to admit air to a vessel in which the pressure is lessthan that of the atmosphere, to prevent collapse.