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noun
- Something serving as a security for such an undertaking.
- (law) An undertaking to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some contract or duty, of another, in case of the failure of such other to pay or perform; a warranty; a security.
- An assurance or guarantee.
- a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults
verb
adj
- Properly secured.
- (slang) Lenient, usually describing a teacher that is easy-going.
- Not in danger; out of harm's reach.
- (used after a noun, often forming a compound) Not susceptible to a specified source of harm.
- Certain; sure.
- (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.
- (snooker, of an object ball) In a location that renders it difficult to pot.
- Reliable; trusty.
- Free from risk.
- Cautious.
- (programming) Of a programming language, type-safe or more generally offering well-defined behavior despite programming errors.
- (UK, law, of a conviction) Supported by evidence and unlikely to be overturned. Usually used in the negative, as unsafe.
- (UK, slang) Great, cool, awesome, respectable; a term of approbation, often as interjection.
- Providing protection from danger; providing shelter.
- having reached a base without being put out
- free from danger or the risk of harm
- financially safe
- (of an undertaking) secure from risk
noun
- (slang) A condom.
- A box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping.
- strongbox where valuables can be safely kept
- contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse
- a ventilated or refrigerated cupboard for securing provisions from pests
verb
noun
- An expedient to secure protection or defence.
- A state of safety, protection or shelter.
- A place providing safety, protection or shelter.
- A refuge island.
- Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort.
- act of turning to for assistance
- something or someone turned to for assistance or security
- a safe place
- a shelter from danger or hardship
verb
noun
- A safeguard.
- A chemical element (symbol Pd) with an atomic number of 46: a rare, lustrous silvery-white metal.
- (countable) A single atom of this element.
- a silver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum; occurs in some copper and nickel ores; does not tarnish at ordinary temperatures and is used (alloyed with gold) in jewelry
adj
noun
- (surveying, countable, informal) A trig point.
- (now chiefly dialectal) A dandy; coxcomb.
- The mark for players at skittles, etc.
- (UK) A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid.
- (uncountable, informal) Trigonometry.
- (entomology) A cricket in the family Trigonidiidae.
- (medicine, informal) Triglyceride.
- the mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions
verb
verb
noun
noun
- A strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe.
- A supply or store of money, often belonging to an organization.
- A cofferdam.
- (architecture) An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome.
- A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it with raking fire.
- a chest especially for storing valuables
- an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome
verb
verb
- To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.
- (baseball) To preserve, as a relief pitcher, (a win of another pitcher's on one's team) by defending the lead held when the other pitcher left the game.
- (transitive, intransitive, computing, video games) To write a file to disk or other storage medium.
- (informal) To avoid saying something.
- (intransitive) To economize or avoid waste.
- (transitive) To obviate or make unnecessary.
- To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.
- (transitive) To conserve or prevent the wasting of.
- (reflexive, often with "for") To refrain from romantic or (especially in later use) sexual relationships until one is married or is with a suitable partner.
- (transitive and intransitive) To accumulate money or valuables.
- (transitive) To store for future use.
- (Christianity) To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.
- (sports) To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).
- To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.
- accumulate money for future use
- retain rights to
- refrain from harming
- spend sparingly, avoid the waste of
- spend less; buy at a reduced price
- make unnecessary an expenditure or effort
- save from ruin, destruction, or harm
- to keep up and reserve for personal or special use
- save from sins
- record data on a computer
- bring into safety
conj
noun
- (roleplaying games) A saving throw.
- An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.
- (baseball) A successful attempt by a relief pitcher to preserve the win of another pitcher on one's team.
- (professional wrestling, slang) A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten.
- In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
- (informal) An action that brings one back out of an awkward situation.
- (computing) The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
- (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring
prep
noun
- the act of locking something up to protect it
- jail in a local police station
- (printing, historical) A device for locking type into position for printing.
- (marketing, by extension) A fixed layout involving one or more logos and possibly related text.
- (UK, chiefly) A storage unit with a door secured by a padlock or deadbolt; a garage.
- (computing) A condition where a system stops responding to inputs; a freeze.
- (mechanical engineering, countable, uncountable) A condition in which one or more of a vehicle's wheels suddenly cease to rotate due to the application of excessive brake torque, causing the affected wheel(s) to skid.
- (slang) A jail cell; a period of incarceration in such a cell; a facility containing such cells.
adj
- secure against
- (usually followed by ‘to’) not affected by a given influence
- relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection)
- relating to the condition of immunity
- (medicine, usually with "to") Protected by inoculation, or due to innate resistance to pathogens.
- (usually with "from") Exempt; not subject to.
- (by extension) Not vulnerable.
- (medicine) Of or pertaining to immunity.
noun
verb
noun
- Something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense.
- One who, or that which, defends or protects; defence; protection.
- A safe-conduct or passport, especially in time of war.
- a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.
- a document or escort providing safe passage through a region especially in time of war
verb
noun
- An object used for guarding.
- An area of a castle, corresponding to a circuit of the walls.
- (fantasy) An enchantment or spell placed over a designated area or social unit, that prevents any tresspasser from entering; approaching; or even being able to locate said protected premises or demographic.
- The action of a watchman; monitoring, surveillance (usually in phrases keep ward etc.)
- A section or subdivision of a prison.
- An administrative division of a borough, city or council.
- (historical, Scots law) Land tenure through military service.
- A part of a hospital, with beds, where patients reside.
- (fencing) A guarding or defensive motion or position.
- Guardianship, especially of a child or prisoner.
- (UK) A division of a forest.
- A minor looked after by a guardian.
- (Mormonism) A subdivision of the LDS Church, smaller than and part of a stake, but larger than a branch.
- The ridges on the inside of a lock, or the incisions on a key.
- block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care
- a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections
- a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)
- a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
verb
- (transitive) To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches. (usually followed by off)
- (intransitive) To be vigilant; to keep guard.
- (intransitive) To act on the defensive with a weapon.
- (transitive) To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard.
- (transitive) To defend, to protect.
- watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect
adj
- Intended for defence; protective.
- (cricket) Of a bowling or fielding tactic designed to prevent the other side from scoring runs; of a batting tactic designed to prevent being out.
- (chiefly sports) Pertaining to defense, as opposed to attack.
- Intended to deter attack.
- In a state or posture of defense.
- Performed so as to minimise risk.
- Displaying an inordinate sensitivity to criticism or intrusion; oversensitive; thin-skinned.
- attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing
- intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack
noun
verb
- (transitive) To secure (someone or something) in a locked enclosure.
- (transitive, colloquial) To prevent (someone or something) from escaping, deteriorating, or switching to an alternative.
- (transitive or intransitive, colloquial) To focus entirely (on something).
- (transitive) To fix the value of (something potentially variable).
- (transitive, music) To synchronize (especially a rhythm section) into a groove.
- close with or as if with a tight seal
- place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
noun
noun
- A defense or safeguard.
- (figurative) Any means of defence or security.
- A breakwater.
- (nautical) The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.
- A defensive wall or rampart.
- a fencelike structure around a deck
- an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
- a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
verb
adj
- securely established
- strong and sure
- not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall
- possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue
- not subject to revision or change
- securely fixed in place
- marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
- not soft or yielding to pressure
- (of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling
- unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause
- Insistent upon something, not accepting dissent.
- Not frivolous or fallacious; trustworthy; solid; dependable.
- Fixed (in opinion).
- Steadfast, secure, solid (in position)
- Durable, rigid (material state).
- Mentally resistant to hurt or stress.
noun
adv
verb
- make taut or tauter
- become taut or tauter
- (intransitive) To become firm; stabilise.
- (transitive, colloquial) To grit one's teeth and bear; to push through something unpleasant.
- (transitive) To make firm or strong; fix securely.
- (transitive, UK, slang) To select (a higher education institution) as one's preferred choice, so as to enrol automatically if one's grades match the conditional offer.
- (transitive) To make compact or resistant to pressure; solidify.
- (intransitive, Australia) To shorten (of betting odds).
- (intransitive) To improve after decline.
noun
- That which defends against intrusion from outside; a protection.
- A defensive structure; a protective barrier; a bulwark.
- A defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive purpose.
- (usually in the plural) A steep bank of a river or gorge.
- an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
verb
verb
- put up as security or collateral
- (transitive, law) To borrow against a property, to obtain a loan for another purpose by giving away the right of seizure to the lender over a fixed property such as a house or piece of land; to pledge a property in order to get a loan.
- (transitive, figurative) To pledge and make liable; to make subject to obligation; to achieve an immediate result by paying for it in the long term.
noun
noun
- An enclosure for secure storage.
- (chemistry) A substance formed by chemical bonding of two or more elements in definite proportions by weight.
- (linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem.
- Anything made by combining several things.
- An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.
- (linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem or affix, e.g. "bookshop", "high school" or "non-standard".
- Ellipsis of compound exercise.
- (rail transport) A compound locomotive, a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.
- (law) A legal procedure whereby a criminal or delinquent avoids prosecution in a court in exchange for his payment to the authorities of a financial penalty or fine.
- (by extension, Philippines) A group of buildings where members of the same extended family live together.
- A group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices.
- an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient)
- (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight
- a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.
- a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
adj
- (mathematics) Dealing with numbers of various denominations of quantity, or with processes more complex than the simple process.
- (music) An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).
- Composed of elements; not simple.
- composed of more than one part
- composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony
- consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts
verb
- (intransitive, finance) To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest.
- (intransitive) To come to terms of agreement; to settle by a compromise.
- (transitive) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement.
- (transitive) To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; to mingle with something else.
- (horse racing, intransitive) Of a horse: to fail to maintain speed.
- (transitive, see usage notes) To worsen a situation.
- (transitive, law) To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.
- put or add together
- make more intense, stronger, or more marked
- calculate principal and interest
- create by mixing or combining
- combine so as to form a whole; mix
noun
- A device or mechanism which is designed to protect.
- (multiplicity slang) A headmate who primarily fronts, or otherwise protects the system, in situations where the system is at risk of psychological harm.
- A state or other subject under international law, exercising a protectorate over another subject in international law.
- Someone who protects or guards, by assignment or on their own initiative.
- (UK, historical) One having the care of the kingdom during the king's minority; a regent.
- One who prevents interference.
- (Roman Catholicism) A cardinal, from one of the more considerable Roman Catholic nations, who looks after the interests of his people at Rome; also, a cardinal who has the same relation to a college, religious order, etc.
- a person who cares for persons or property
prep
- As protection from.
- In opposition to.
- In front of; before (a background).
- In physical opposition to; in collision with.
- (Hollywood) To be paid now in contrast to the following amount to be paid later under specified circumstances, usually that a movie is made or has started filming.
- In contrast or comparison with.
- As a charge on.
- In physical contact with, so as to abut or be supported by.
- In competition with, versus.
- Contrary to; in conflict with.
- In anticipation of; in preparation for (a particular time, event etc.).
- As counterbalance to.
- Of betting odds, denoting a worse-than-even chance.
- In exchange for.
- Close to, alongside.
- In a contrary direction to.
adj
verb
noun
- a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
- protective covering that provides protection from the weather
- a way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay on current earnings
- the condition of being protected
- temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons
- (often with the definite article) An animal shelter.
- A place for protection from deadly conditions outside, including military assault; usually partly or fully underground.
- (uncountable, abstract) The state of being protected or shielded.
- A place where a person or animal may find protection from the elements (especially rain, storms, or cold) sometimes as a place to sleep (such as a cave).
- (usually as the head in compounds) A bare-bones above-ground structure meant to provide temporary cover from the elements; usually small and with no door to close.
- A refuge, sanctuary, or (by metonymy) institution that provides temporary housing or a place to sleep for those in need or in danger.
- (uncountable) That which provides protection or cover.
verb
verb
- make secure underneath
- lend moral support to
- To strengthen, secure, or reinforce by passing a rope, cable, or chain around the underside of an object.
- (figurative) To give fundamental support; provide with a sound or secure basis; provide supportive evidence for.
- To secure below or underneath.
- To lend moral support to.
verb
- To secure and strengthen (a place, its walls, etc.) by installing fortifications or other military works.
- To impart fortitude or moral strength to (someone or their determination, or something); to encourage.
- (wine) To add spirits to (wine) to increase the alcohol content.
- To make (something) defensible against attack by hostile forces.
- To give power, strength, or vigour to (oneself or someone, or to something); to strengthen.
- To support (one's or someone's opinion, statement, etc.) by producing evidence, etc.; to confirm, to corroborate.
- (military) To install fortifications or other military works; also (sometimes figurative), to put up a defensive position.
- (ambitransitive, linguistics) To undergo, or cause to undergo, fortition.
- To increase the nutritional value of (food) by adding ingredients, especially minerals or vitamins.
- To increase the defences of (an army, soldiers, etc.), or put (it or them) in a defensive position.
- add nutrients to
- add alcohol to (beverages)
- make strong or stronger
- enclose by or as if by a fortification
- prepare oneself for a military confrontation
adj
- physically secure or dependable
- reliable in operation or effect
- certain not to fail
- certain to occur; destined or inevitable
- infallible or unfailing
- exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance
- impossible to doubt or dispute
- having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
- (of persons) worthy of trust or confidence
- Physically secure and certain, non-failing, reliable.
- Certain in one's knowledge or belief.
- (followed by a to infinitive) Certain to act or be a specified way.
adv
intj
noun
- An item carried on a key ring either as decoration or for security.
- An active wireless electronic device that controls access to buildings or vehicles, such as a remote control for a car door lock.
- A passive wireless electronic device that usually uses RFID technology to control access to buildings, containers, computers, etc. by being placed near a detector.
- A small object fastened to a key chain or key ring and designed to be comfortably grasped.
adj
noun
verb
verb
- To surround or guard.
- (by extension, mining) To seal off an area of the mine in which a fire has started.
- simple past of stink
- To dam up; to block the flow of water or other liquid.
- (Cornwall) To stumble or lurch.
- To stink; to smell bad.
- (dairying) To cause (the udders) to become blocked and inflamed from lack of milking.
- To cause to smell bad.
- (by extension) To pack in tightly.
- (Cornwall) To trample.
adj
noun
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, derogatory) A stink; a foul smell.
- (UK, dialect) A dam or mound to stop water.
- (UK, dialect) Water retained by an embankment; a pool of water.
- (slang, music) A certain quality, especially to jazz music, which is often desirable and can be achieved by, among other things, crunchy harmonies, blue notes and groovy rhythm
- A smell of genitals or sex
noun
- Something serving as a security for such an undertaking.
- (law) An undertaking to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some contract or duty, of another, in case of the failure of such other to pay or perform; a warranty; a security.
- An assurance or guarantee.
- a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults
verb
noun
- An expedient to secure protection or defence.
- A state of safety, protection or shelter.
- A place providing safety, protection or shelter.
- A refuge island.
- Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort.
- act of turning to for assistance
- something or someone turned to for assistance or security
- a safe place
- a shelter from danger or hardship
verb
noun
- A safeguard.
- A chemical element (symbol Pd) with an atomic number of 46: a rare, lustrous silvery-white metal.
- (countable) A single atom of this element.
- a silver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum; occurs in some copper and nickel ores; does not tarnish at ordinary temperatures and is used (alloyed with gold) in jewelry
noun
- A strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe.
- A supply or store of money, often belonging to an organization.
- A cofferdam.
- (architecture) An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome.
- A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it with raking fire.
- a chest especially for storing valuables
- an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome
verb
noun
- the act of locking something up to protect it
- jail in a local police station
- (printing, historical) A device for locking type into position for printing.
- (marketing, by extension) A fixed layout involving one or more logos and possibly related text.
- (UK, chiefly) A storage unit with a door secured by a padlock or deadbolt; a garage.
- (computing) A condition where a system stops responding to inputs; a freeze.
- (mechanical engineering, countable, uncountable) A condition in which one or more of a vehicle's wheels suddenly cease to rotate due to the application of excessive brake torque, causing the affected wheel(s) to skid.
- (slang) A jail cell; a period of incarceration in such a cell; a facility containing such cells.
noun
- Something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense.
- One who, or that which, defends or protects; defence; protection.
- A safe-conduct or passport, especially in time of war.
- a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.
- a document or escort providing safe passage through a region especially in time of war
verb
noun
- An object used for guarding.
- An area of a castle, corresponding to a circuit of the walls.
- (fantasy) An enchantment or spell placed over a designated area or social unit, that prevents any tresspasser from entering; approaching; or even being able to locate said protected premises or demographic.
- The action of a watchman; monitoring, surveillance (usually in phrases keep ward etc.)
- A section or subdivision of a prison.
- An administrative division of a borough, city or council.
- (historical, Scots law) Land tenure through military service.
- A part of a hospital, with beds, where patients reside.
- (fencing) A guarding or defensive motion or position.
- Guardianship, especially of a child or prisoner.
- (UK) A division of a forest.
- A minor looked after by a guardian.
- (Mormonism) A subdivision of the LDS Church, smaller than and part of a stake, but larger than a branch.
- The ridges on the inside of a lock, or the incisions on a key.
- block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care
- a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections
- a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)
- a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
verb
- (transitive) To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches. (usually followed by off)
- (intransitive) To be vigilant; to keep guard.
- (intransitive) To act on the defensive with a weapon.
- (transitive) To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard.
- (transitive) To defend, to protect.
- watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect
noun
- A defense or safeguard.
- (figurative) Any means of defence or security.
- A breakwater.
- (nautical) The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.
- A defensive wall or rampart.
- a fencelike structure around a deck
- an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
- a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
verb
noun
- That which defends against intrusion from outside; a protection.
- A defensive structure; a protective barrier; a bulwark.
- A defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive purpose.
- (usually in the plural) A steep bank of a river or gorge.
- an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
verb
noun
- An enclosure for secure storage.
- (chemistry) A substance formed by chemical bonding of two or more elements in definite proportions by weight.
- (linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem.
- Anything made by combining several things.
- An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.
- (linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem or affix, e.g. "bookshop", "high school" or "non-standard".
- Ellipsis of compound exercise.
- (rail transport) A compound locomotive, a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.
- (law) A legal procedure whereby a criminal or delinquent avoids prosecution in a court in exchange for his payment to the authorities of a financial penalty or fine.
- (by extension, Philippines) A group of buildings where members of the same extended family live together.
- A group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices.
- an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient)
- (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight
- a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.
- a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
adj
- (mathematics) Dealing with numbers of various denominations of quantity, or with processes more complex than the simple process.
- (music) An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).
- Composed of elements; not simple.
- composed of more than one part
- composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony
- consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts
verb
- (intransitive, finance) To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest.
- (intransitive) To come to terms of agreement; to settle by a compromise.
- (transitive) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement.
- (transitive) To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; to mingle with something else.
- (horse racing, intransitive) Of a horse: to fail to maintain speed.
- (transitive, see usage notes) To worsen a situation.
- (transitive, law) To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.
- put or add together
- make more intense, stronger, or more marked
- calculate principal and interest
- create by mixing or combining
- combine so as to form a whole; mix
noun
- A device or mechanism which is designed to protect.
- (multiplicity slang) A headmate who primarily fronts, or otherwise protects the system, in situations where the system is at risk of psychological harm.
- A state or other subject under international law, exercising a protectorate over another subject in international law.
- Someone who protects or guards, by assignment or on their own initiative.
- (UK, historical) One having the care of the kingdom during the king's minority; a regent.
- One who prevents interference.
- (Roman Catholicism) A cardinal, from one of the more considerable Roman Catholic nations, who looks after the interests of his people at Rome; also, a cardinal who has the same relation to a college, religious order, etc.
- a person who cares for persons or property
noun
- a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
- protective covering that provides protection from the weather
- a way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay on current earnings
- the condition of being protected
- temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons
- (often with the definite article) An animal shelter.
- A place for protection from deadly conditions outside, including military assault; usually partly or fully underground.
- (uncountable, abstract) The state of being protected or shielded.
- A place where a person or animal may find protection from the elements (especially rain, storms, or cold) sometimes as a place to sleep (such as a cave).
- (usually as the head in compounds) A bare-bones above-ground structure meant to provide temporary cover from the elements; usually small and with no door to close.
- A refuge, sanctuary, or (by metonymy) institution that provides temporary housing or a place to sleep for those in need or in danger.
- (uncountable) That which provides protection or cover.
verb
noun
- An item carried on a key ring either as decoration or for security.
- An active wireless electronic device that controls access to buildings or vehicles, such as a remote control for a car door lock.
- A passive wireless electronic device that usually uses RFID technology to control access to buildings, containers, computers, etc. by being placed near a detector.
- A small object fastened to a key chain or key ring and designed to be comfortably grasped.
verb
noun
verb
- To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.
- (baseball) To preserve, as a relief pitcher, (a win of another pitcher's on one's team) by defending the lead held when the other pitcher left the game.
- (transitive, intransitive, computing, video games) To write a file to disk or other storage medium.
- (informal) To avoid saying something.
- (intransitive) To economize or avoid waste.
- (transitive) To obviate or make unnecessary.
- To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.
- (transitive) To conserve or prevent the wasting of.
- (reflexive, often with "for") To refrain from romantic or (especially in later use) sexual relationships until one is married or is with a suitable partner.
- (transitive and intransitive) To accumulate money or valuables.
- (transitive) To store for future use.
- (Christianity) To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.
- (sports) To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).
- To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.
- accumulate money for future use
- retain rights to
- refrain from harming
- spend sparingly, avoid the waste of
- spend less; buy at a reduced price
- make unnecessary an expenditure or effort
- save from ruin, destruction, or harm
- to keep up and reserve for personal or special use
- save from sins
- record data on a computer
- bring into safety
conj
noun
- (roleplaying games) A saving throw.
- An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.
- (baseball) A successful attempt by a relief pitcher to preserve the win of another pitcher on one's team.
- (professional wrestling, slang) A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten.
- In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
- (informal) An action that brings one back out of an awkward situation.
- (computing) The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
- (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring
prep
noun
- Something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense.
- One who, or that which, defends or protects; defence; protection.
- A safe-conduct or passport, especially in time of war.
- a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.
- a document or escort providing safe passage through a region especially in time of war
verb
verb
- (transitive) To secure (someone or something) in a locked enclosure.
- (transitive, colloquial) To prevent (someone or something) from escaping, deteriorating, or switching to an alternative.
- (transitive or intransitive, colloquial) To focus entirely (on something).
- (transitive) To fix the value of (something potentially variable).
- (transitive, music) To synchronize (especially a rhythm section) into a groove.
- close with or as if with a tight seal
- place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
noun
verb
- put up as security or collateral
- (transitive, law) To borrow against a property, to obtain a loan for another purpose by giving away the right of seizure to the lender over a fixed property such as a house or piece of land; to pledge a property in order to get a loan.
- (transitive, figurative) To pledge and make liable; to make subject to obligation; to achieve an immediate result by paying for it in the long term.
noun
verb
- make secure underneath
- lend moral support to
- To strengthen, secure, or reinforce by passing a rope, cable, or chain around the underside of an object.
- (figurative) To give fundamental support; provide with a sound or secure basis; provide supportive evidence for.
- To secure below or underneath.
- To lend moral support to.
verb
- To secure and strengthen (a place, its walls, etc.) by installing fortifications or other military works.
- To impart fortitude or moral strength to (someone or their determination, or something); to encourage.
- (wine) To add spirits to (wine) to increase the alcohol content.
- To make (something) defensible against attack by hostile forces.
- To give power, strength, or vigour to (oneself or someone, or to something); to strengthen.
- To support (one's or someone's opinion, statement, etc.) by producing evidence, etc.; to confirm, to corroborate.
- (military) To install fortifications or other military works; also (sometimes figurative), to put up a defensive position.
- (ambitransitive, linguistics) To undergo, or cause to undergo, fortition.
- To increase the nutritional value of (food) by adding ingredients, especially minerals or vitamins.
- To increase the defences of (an army, soldiers, etc.), or put (it or them) in a defensive position.
- add nutrients to
- add alcohol to (beverages)
- make strong or stronger
- enclose by or as if by a fortification
- prepare oneself for a military confrontation
verb
- To surround or guard.
- (by extension, mining) To seal off an area of the mine in which a fire has started.
- simple past of stink
- To dam up; to block the flow of water or other liquid.
- (Cornwall) To stumble or lurch.
- To stink; to smell bad.
- (dairying) To cause (the udders) to become blocked and inflamed from lack of milking.
- To cause to smell bad.
- (by extension) To pack in tightly.
- (Cornwall) To trample.
adj
noun
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, derogatory) A stink; a foul smell.
- (UK, dialect) A dam or mound to stop water.
- (UK, dialect) Water retained by an embankment; a pool of water.
- (slang, music) A certain quality, especially to jazz music, which is often desirable and can be achieved by, among other things, crunchy harmonies, blue notes and groovy rhythm
- A smell of genitals or sex
adj
- Properly secured.
- (slang) Lenient, usually describing a teacher that is easy-going.
- Not in danger; out of harm's reach.
- (used after a noun, often forming a compound) Not susceptible to a specified source of harm.
- Certain; sure.
- (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.
- (snooker, of an object ball) In a location that renders it difficult to pot.
- Reliable; trusty.
- Free from risk.
- Cautious.
- (programming) Of a programming language, type-safe or more generally offering well-defined behavior despite programming errors.
- (UK, law, of a conviction) Supported by evidence and unlikely to be overturned. Usually used in the negative, as unsafe.
- (UK, slang) Great, cool, awesome, respectable; a term of approbation, often as interjection.
- Providing protection from danger; providing shelter.
- having reached a base without being put out
- free from danger or the risk of harm
- financially safe
- (of an undertaking) secure from risk
noun
- (slang) A condom.
- A box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping.
- strongbox where valuables can be safely kept
- contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse
- a ventilated or refrigerated cupboard for securing provisions from pests
verb
adj
noun
- (surveying, countable, informal) A trig point.
- (now chiefly dialectal) A dandy; coxcomb.
- The mark for players at skittles, etc.
- (UK) A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid.
- (uncountable, informal) Trigonometry.
- (entomology) A cricket in the family Trigonidiidae.
- (medicine, informal) Triglyceride.
- the mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions
verb
adj
- secure against
- (usually followed by ‘to’) not affected by a given influence
- relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection)
- relating to the condition of immunity
- (medicine, usually with "to") Protected by inoculation, or due to innate resistance to pathogens.
- (usually with "from") Exempt; not subject to.
- (by extension) Not vulnerable.
- (medicine) Of or pertaining to immunity.
noun
verb
adj
- Intended for defence; protective.
- (cricket) Of a bowling or fielding tactic designed to prevent the other side from scoring runs; of a batting tactic designed to prevent being out.
- (chiefly sports) Pertaining to defense, as opposed to attack.
- Intended to deter attack.
- In a state or posture of defense.
- Performed so as to minimise risk.
- Displaying an inordinate sensitivity to criticism or intrusion; oversensitive; thin-skinned.
- attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing
- intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack
noun
adj
- securely established
- strong and sure
- not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall
- possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue
- not subject to revision or change
- securely fixed in place
- marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
- not soft or yielding to pressure
- (of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling
- unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause
- Insistent upon something, not accepting dissent.
- Not frivolous or fallacious; trustworthy; solid; dependable.
- Fixed (in opinion).
- Steadfast, secure, solid (in position)
- Durable, rigid (material state).
- Mentally resistant to hurt or stress.
noun
adv
verb
- make taut or tauter
- become taut or tauter
- (intransitive) To become firm; stabilise.
- (transitive, colloquial) To grit one's teeth and bear; to push through something unpleasant.
- (transitive) To make firm or strong; fix securely.
- (transitive, UK, slang) To select (a higher education institution) as one's preferred choice, so as to enrol automatically if one's grades match the conditional offer.
- (transitive) To make compact or resistant to pressure; solidify.
- (intransitive, Australia) To shorten (of betting odds).
- (intransitive) To improve after decline.
adj
verb
adj
- physically secure or dependable
- reliable in operation or effect
- certain not to fail
- certain to occur; destined or inevitable
- infallible or unfailing
- exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance
- impossible to doubt or dispute
- having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
- (of persons) worthy of trust or confidence
- Physically secure and certain, non-failing, reliable.
- Certain in one's knowledge or belief.
- (followed by a to infinitive) Certain to act or be a specified way.