secure

1. secure (adj) — sense 1

Definition: Free from attack or danger; protected.

Example: The vast majority of American Jews not only greatly dislike President Trump but also believe he has made them less safe: according to a May 2019 poll, nearly three-quarters of Jewish voters believe American Jews are less secure under Trump than they were before, 71 percent disapprove of Trump’s overall job performance, and nearly 60 percent believe that he bears at least some responsibility for the synagogue shootings carried out by white nationalists in Pittsburgh and Poway.

2. secure (adj) — sense 2

Definition: Free from the danger of theft; safe.

3. secure (adj) — sense 3

Definition: Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret.

4. secure (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.

Example: I spread a cloud before the victor's sight, / Sustained the vanquished, and secured his flight.

5. secure (verb) — sense 5

Definition: To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against or from, or formerly with of.

Example: to secure a creditor against loss; to secure a debt by a mortgage

6. secure (verb) — sense 6

Definition: To fix in place; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.

Example: to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship