<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.</li><li>dependable; firm; not liable to fail, yield, become displaced, etc., as a support or a fastening: The building was secure, even in an earthquake.</li><li>affording safety, as a place: He needed a secure hideout.</li><li>in safe custody or keeping: Here in the vault the necklace was secure.</li><li>free from care; without anxiety: emotionally secure.</li><li>firmly established, as a relationship or reputation: He earned a secure place among the baseball immortals.</li><li>sure; certain; assured: secure of victory; secure in religious belief.</li><li>safe from penetration or interception by unauthorized persons: secure radio communications between army units.</li><li>archaic: overconfident.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to get hold or possession of; procure; obtain: to secure materials; to secure a high government position.</li><li>to free from danger or harm; make safe: Sandbags secured the town during the flood.</li><li>to effect; make certain of; ensure: The novel secured his reputation.</li><li>to make firm or fast, as by attaching: to secure a rope.</li><li>Finance: to assure payment of (a debt) by pledging property.</li><li>to lock or fasten against intruders: to secure the doors.</li><li>to protect from attack by taking cover, by building fortifications, etc.: The regiment secured its position.</li><li>to capture (a person or animal): No one is safe until the murderer is secured.</li><li>to tie up (a person), especially by binding the person's arms or hands; pinion.</li><li>to guarantee the privacy or secrecy of: to secure diplomatic phone conversations.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>