safe
part of speech
adjective (safe, safer, safest); noun (a safe, safes — a strong box)
meaning for a pupil
1) Not in danger; not likely to be hurt: "You are safe now." tree →
2) Not likely to cause harm: "safe to eat", "a safe place". tree →
3) Careful, not taking risks: "a safe driver". tree →
4) A strong metal box with a lock for money and valuables. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life and safety lessons, "safe" is the goal: safe crossing, safe at home, safe online, safe food. Being safe means thinking ahead and asking a trusted adult. Phrases: safe and sound, stay safe, keep safe, safe place, to be on the safe side, play it safe.
examples
- Hold my hand so you stay safe. tree →
- Is the water safe to drink? tree →
- Cross the road at a safe place. tree →
- Keep your password safe. tree →
- The money is locked in the safe. tree →
- It's safer to wear a helmet. tree →
- We arrived home safe and sound. tree →
- Just to be on the safe side, take a coat. tree →
- Soon they were safe over the Alps. tree →
note
The adverb is "safely". The noun for being safe is "safety". "A safe" (box) is a different meaning. Safe does not mean "no risk at all"; it means risk is small and you are careful.
In the corpora
- Banks offer children's accounts to keep savings safe and teach how banks work.
- A homeless person has nowhere safe to live, often because of losing a job, a family breaking up or illness.
- Strange hours often mean a shift worker, like a nurse, porter or baker, keeping everyone safe and fed.
- Checking scary news again and again, especially late at night, keeps the worry going and makes nobody safer.
- Footballers and other stars are trained to say safe, boring things, because one wrong word can become a headline.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «safe» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.