What is "safe house"

Safe \Safe\, a. [Compar. Safer; superl. Safest.] [OE. sauf, F. sauf, fr. L. salvus, akin to salus health, welfare, safety. Cf. Salute, Salvation, Sage a plant, Save, Salvo an exception.]

1. Free from harm, injury, or risk; untouched or unthreatened by danger or injury; unharmed; unhurt; secure; whole; as, safe from disease; safe from storms; safe from foes. ``And ye dwelled safe.''
   --1 Sam. xii. 11.

   They escaped all safe to land.
   --Acts xxvii. 44.

   Established in a safe, unenvied throne.
   --Milton.

2. Conferring safety; securing from harm; not exposing to danger; confining securely; to be relied upon; not dangerous; as, a safe harbor; a safe bridge, etc. ``The man of safe discretion.''
   --Shak.

   The King of heaven hath doomed This place our dungeon, not our safe retreat.
   --Milton.

3. Incapable of doing harm; no longer dangerous; in secure care or custody; as, the prisoner is safe.

   But Banquo's safe? Ay, my good lord, safe in a ditch he bides.
   --Shak.

   Safe hit (Baseball), a hit which enables the batter to get to first base even if no error is made by the other side.

   safe house, a residence where a person in hiding from the authorities or other persons may stay without being discovered.

   Syn: Secure; unendangered; sure.

n. A secure location, suitable for hiding witnesses, agents or other persons perceived as being in danger.

n. a house used as a hiding place or refuge by members of certain organizations

A safe house is, in a generic sense, a secret place for sanctuary or suitable to hide persons from the law, hostile actors or actions, or from retribution, threats or perceived danger. It may also be a metaphor.

Safe House is a made for TV film directed Eric Steven Stahl. It premiered in the United Kingdom in late 1998 on Channel 5 and in the United States on Showtime on January 24, 1999.

Safe House is a 2012 American spy action- thriller film directed by Daniel Espinosa, starring Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds. The film follows Matt Weston (Reynolds), a CIA agent on his first low-level posting in Cape Town who is in charge of a safe house where the CIA is interrogating Tobin Frost (Washington), a veteran operative who has allegedly betrayed the agency. When the safe house is attacked by mercenaries who kill almost all the agents, Weston flees with Frost in his charge, and they end up on the run. As the team of killers, who seem to be one step ahead of the pair, track them throughout Cape Town, Weston begins to wonder who to trust.

The film was released on February 10, 2012, in North America by Universal Pictures. Filming took place in Cape Town, South Africa. The film premiered in New York City on February 7, 2012, and was released in U.S. theaters on February 10, 2012. While Washington and Reynolds' performances were praised, the film received mixed reviews. The film earned $208 million worldwide against its $85 million budget.

A safe house is a place of refuge.

Safe house may also refer to:

"Safe House" is the ninth episode of the first season of the period drama television series The Americans. It originally aired on FX in the United States on April 3, 2013.

"Safe House" is the sixteenth episode of the paranormal drama television series Supernaturals season 11, and the 234th overall. The episode was written by Robbie Thompson and directed by Stefan Pleszczynski. It was first broadcast on March 23, 2016, on The CW.

Safe House is a British crime drama, broadcast on ITV1, starring Christopher Eccleston and Marsha Thomason as the principal characters, Robert and Katy, who turn their beautiful picturesque guest house in the Lake District into a Safe House after being persuaded by one of Robert's former colleagues.

The first series of Safe House began broadcasting in April 2015, and following successful viewing figures, a second series has been commissioned for broadcast in 2016. Each series is made up of four episodes, each following a different set of guests who are forced to take refuge at the Safe House, whilst re-telling the story of how they came to arrive in the first place. The first series was released on DVD on May 25, 2015.