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    [Noun]  | "safe*ty" | \ ˈsāf-tē \


    1: the condition of being safe from undergoing or causing hurt, injury, or loss

    2: a device (as on a weapon or a machine) designed to prevent inadvertent or hazardous operation

    3: a situation in football in which a member of the offensive team is tackled behind its own goal line that counts two points for the defensive team


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English saufte, from Anglo-French salveté, saufté, from salf safe;

    [Noun]  | "safety belt" 


    1: a belt fastening a person to an object (such as a car seat) to prevent falling or injury


    Origin: 1840 ;

    [Noun]  | "safety glass" 


    1: transparent material that is made by laminating a sheet of transparent plastic between sheets of clear glass and is used especially for windows (as of automobiles) likely to be subjected to shock or impact


    Origin: 1912 ;

    [Noun]  | "safety lamp" 


    1: a miner's lamp constructed to avoid explosion in an atmosphere containing flammable gas usually by enclosing the flame in fine wire gauze


    Origin: 1814 ;

    [Noun]  | "safety match" 


    1: a match capable of being struck and ignited only on a specially prepared friction surface


    Origin: 1857 ;

    [Noun]  | "safety net" 


    1: something that provides security against misfortune or difficulty


    Origin: 1877 ;

    [Noun]  | "safety pin" 


    1: a pin in the form of a clasp with a guard covering its point when fastened


    Origin: 1847 ;

    [Noun]  | "safety razor" 


    1: a razor provided with a guard for the blade to prevent deep cuts in the skin


    Origin: 1842 ;

    [Noun]  | "safety valve" 


    1: a valve (as for a steam boiler) that allows gas or liquid under excessive pressure to escape in a controlled manner

    2: an outlet for pent-up energy or emotion

    3: something that relieves the pressure of overcrowding


    Origin: 1744 ;

    [Verb]  | "safety" 


    1: to protect against failure, breakage, or accident


    Origin: 1916 ;

    [Noun]  | "safety" 


    1: the state of not being exposed to danger;


      * e.g., " ... we were lucky to make it to safety just as the lions broke loose from their cage at the zoo "





    2: a protective device (as on a weapon) to prevent accidental operation;


      * e.g., " ... the gun couldn't be fired as long as the safety was on "



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    [Noun]  | "safe-deposit box" 


    1: a specially reinforced container to keep valuables safe;


      * e.g., " ... kept the deed to the house in a safe-deposit box at the bank "



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     [ "safety" ]

    1: An exclamation used as a warning immediately following a fart, made by the farter

      * e.g.,  ... "Safety! I would keep walking forward, quickly, if I were you." 

     [ "safety" ]

    1: Is not a joke. The carrying of weapons (must bring your own) is often encouraged to enhance safety. When pushed to the limit, safety is not guranteed. Due compensation is usually rendered when one returns from an operation that may call safety into question. Undertaking a difficult task (such as time travel) with someone who has only done it once before is not safe, but highly encouraged.

      * e.g.,  ... "We're going to hunt sabretooth tigers, and safety is not guranteed. Better bring your own weapons." 

     [ "safety" ]

    1: an extension of safe as a positive response or discription

      * e.g.,  ... "I just scored sum bad ass weed" 

     [ "safety" ]

    1: On the defessive side of football. Defenders,(strong safety, and free safety) main purpose is to make sure nobody can break through for a long run, or a pass, the last people to defend until you reach the touchdown. Extra Help, almost anywhere on the field.

      * e.g.,  ... Ken Hamlin "the hammer" is a safety that hits hard!!!! 

     [ "safety" ]

    1: A chick who you keep around because she's always down to bang. She is usually called upon when you have failed with every chick at the bar and are too wasted to put together a coherent sentence, or when you have hit a dry spell. Rarely does one hang out with or talk to a safety sober.

      * e.g.,  ... Guy 1: Dude, it's 4am, and every chick has turned us down at least twice. Also, I'm pretty sure those last 6 shots of tequila were a mistake 

     [ "safety" ]

    1: Irie. Herb. Marijuana. All of the above. Smoking ganja, one is "safe". Ganja is "safety" as is the process of smoking it. West Coast. oregon

      * e.g.,  ... Let's take a safety break.  

     [ "safety" ]

    1: Safety is the act of saving urself when u say somethin stupid and u dont get a SAVE ME ONE CHOP!

      * e.g.,  ... SAFETY!SAFETY! I meant to say dat u dont hav di bi di i ur mouf u hav di bi pussy i ur mouf BITCH! 

     [ "safety" ]

    1: A code-word of the "gruellerese" dialect to denote fruity buds.

      * e.g.,  ... Does anybody have any safety materials? I'm so unsafe right now! 

     [ "safety" ]

    1: a myth known to man

      * e.g.,  ... (child) mommy what does safe mean? 

     [ "safety" ]

    1: Yet another definition that has nothing to do with the real word, yet some punk who was angered by my previous definition of prep created the false illusion that he could "get me back" by writing an extreme half-assed, archaic insult that looks like it was pounded out by 1000 chimpanzees on 1000 type writers.

      * e.g.,  ... Punk: "Oh no, after reading that definition of what a prep really is, I mistuck my heroin needle into my wrist and nearly bled to death. But it's all good, because IM SO FULL OF PAIN AND SUFFERING, WAAH. By the way, I think I'll write a cheesy comeback toward hatred." 

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