Definition of secure

"secure" in the verb sense

1. procure, secure

get by special effort

"He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed"

2. fasten, fix, secure

cause to be firmly attached

"fasten the lock onto the door"

"she fixed her gaze on the man"

3. secure

assure payment of

4. guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, secure

make certain of

"This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us"

"Preparation will guarantee success!"

5. plug, stop up, secure

fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug

"plug the hole"

"stop up the leak"

6. batten, batten down, secure

furnish with battens

"batten ships"

"secure" in the adjective sense

1. secure, unafraid, untroubled

free from fear or doubt easy in mind

"he was secure that nothing will be held against him"

2. secure

free from danger or risk

"secure from harm"

"his fortune was secure"

"made a secure place for himself in his field"

3. secure

not likely to fail or give way

"the lock was secure"

"a secure foundation"

"a secure hold on her wrist"

4. impregnable, inviolable, secure, strong, unassailable, unattackable

immune to attack incapable of being tampered with

"an impregnable fortress"

"fortifications that made the frontier inviolable"

"a secure telephone connection"

5. dependable, good, safe, secure

financially safe

"a good investment"

"a secure investment"

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Quotations for secure

Nothing secure unless suspected. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

He that is too secure is not safe. [ Proverb ]

Virtue is not secure against envy. [ Proverb ]

Wickedness may be safe, but not secure. [ Seneca ]

Crimes may be secret, but yet not secure. [ Proverb ]

The way to be safe, is never to be secure. [ Proverb ]

Look one step onward, and secure that step! [ Robert Browning ]

He never yet stood sure that stands secure. [ Quarles ]

His folded flock secure, the shepherd home
Hies merry-hearted; and by turns relieves
The ruddy milk-maid of her brimming pail;
The beauty whom perhaps his witless heart.
Unknowing what the joy-mixed anguish means,
Sincerely loves, by that best language shown
Of cordial glances, and obliging deeds. [ Thomson ]

Those edges soonest turn, that are most keen;
A sober moderation stands secure.
No violent extremes endure. [ Aleyn ]

A wise look may secure a fool, if he talk not. [ Proverb ]

There is nothing perfectly secure but poverty. [ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ]

Happy the man, and happy he alone,
He who can call today his own;
He who, secure within, can say,
Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today. [ Dryden, after Horace ]

O happiness of blindness! now no beauty
Inflames my lust; no other's goods my envy,
Or misery my pity; no man's wealth
Draws my respect; nor poverty my scorn,
Yet still I see enough! man to himself
Is a large prospect, raised above the level
Of his low creeping thoughts; if then I have
A world within myself, that world shall be
My empire; there I'll reign, commanding freely,
And willingly obeyed, secure from fear
Of foreign forces, or domestic treasons. [ Denham ]

You cannot secure even enjoyment in stagnation. [ Mrs. Gatty ]

To be secure, be humble. To be happy, be content. [ James Hurdts ]

No padlocks, bolts, or bars can secure a maiden so well as her own reserve. [ Cervantes ]

Those who ought to be secure from calumny are generally those who avoid it least. [ Stanislaus ]

Secure their religion; season their younger years with prudent and pious principles. [ Jeremy Taylor ]

The best way to secure future happiness is to be as happy as is rightfully possible today. [ Charles William Eliot ]

Great patriots must be men of great excellence; this alone can secure to them lasting admiration. [ H. Giles ]

Let others seek security. My most wretched fortune is secure; for there is no fear of worse to follow. [ Ovid ]

A just person knows how to secure his own reputation without blemishing another's by exposing his faults. [ Quesnel ]

I know of no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so efficient as their stringent execution. [ U. S. Grant ]

Many have gone in quest of light and fallen into deeper darkness; whereas childhood walks on secure in the twilight. [ Friedrich Schiller ]

There is one way whereby we may secure our riches, and make sure friends to ourselves of them, - by laying them out in charity. [ Tillotson ]

I hope you are becoming more and more interested in making those around you happy. That is the true way to secure your own happiness. [ Robert E. Lee ]

The more secure we feel against our liability to any error to which, in fact, we are liable, the greater must be our danger of falling into it. [ Whately ]

The human mind is to be treated like a skein of ravelled silk, where you must cautiously secure one free end before you can make any progress in disentangling it. [ Scott ]

Aphorisms, representing a knowledge broken, do invite men to inquire further; whereas methods carrying the show of a total do secure men, as if they were at furthest. [ Bacon ]

Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindnesses and small obligations, given habitually, are what win and preserve the heart, and secure comfort. [ Sir Humphry Davy ]

There are two modes of establishing our reputation - to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the former, because it will be invariably accompanied by the latter. [ Colton ]

Not until right is founded upon reverence will it be secure; not until duty is based upon love will it be complete; not until liberty is based on eternal principles will it be full, equal, lofty, and universal. [ Henry Giles ]

There are two ways of establishing your reputation, - to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the former, because it will be invariably accompanied by the latter. [ Colton ]

secure in Scrabble®

The word secure is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters secure:

SECURE
(33)
RECUSE
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RESCUE
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secure in Words With Friends™

The word secure is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters secure:

RESCUE
(60)
RECUSE
(60)
SECURE
(60)
 

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In secure

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Words containing the sequence secure

Words with secure in them (5 words)

Words that end with secure (5 words)

Word Growth involving secure

Shorter words in secure

cur cure

re cure

Longer words containing secure

insecure insecurely

nonsecure

resecure resecured

resecure resecures

secured resecured

secured unsecured

securely insecurely

securement

secureness

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secures securest

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