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safe-guard

safe-guard is the alternative spelling of safeguard.

Meaning of safeguard

Noun

safeguard (plural safeguards)

  1. Something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense.
    • Getting a flu shot is a good safeguard against illness.
  2. One who, or that which, defends or protects; defence; protection.
    • Thy sword, the safeguard of thy brother's throne.1726, George Granville, To the King, in the First Year of His Majesty’s Reign
  3. A safe-conduct or passport, especially in time of war.
    • the inheritance of their loves and safeguardc. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  4. (obsolete) The monitor lizard.
    • The same idea is entertained of the Safeguard in America, as of the Monitor in Africa, and other parts of the Old World, […]1844, The Animal Kingdom

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Forms of safe-guard

Noun
pluralsafe-guards
Verb
third-person singular presentsafe-guards
present participlesafe-guarding
past participlesafe-guarded
pastsafe-guarded

Questions about safe-guard

What is safe-guard the alternative spelling of?
Safe-guard is the alternative spelling of safeguard.

Words near safe-guard in the dictionary

  1. safe-crackers
  2. safe-deposit
  3. safe-deposit box
  4. safe-deposit boxes
  5. safe-deposits
  6. safe-guard
  7. safe-guarded
  8. safe-guarding
  9. safe-guards
  10. safe-keeping
  11. safe-pledge

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