Definition of secure

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Secure (v. t.) To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping; as, to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship..

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Pack :: Pack (n.) To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into; as, to pack a trunk; the play, or the audience, packs the theater..
Turn :: Turn (n.) A round of a rope or cord in order to secure it, as about a pin or a cleat..
Establish :: Establish (a.) To originate and secure the permanent existence of; to found; to institute; to create and regulate; -- said of a colony, a state, or other institutions..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To fasten or secure with stays; as, to stay a flat sheet in a steam boiler..
Tack :: Tack (v. t.) Especially, to attach or secure in a slight or hasty manner, as by stitching or nailing; as, to tack together the sheets of a book; to tack one piece of cloth to another; to tack on a board or shingle; to tack one piece of metal to another by drops of solder..
Guardian :: Guardian (v. t.) One who guards, preserves, or secures; one to whom any person or thing is committed for protection, security, or preservation from injury; a warden..
Render :: Render (v. t.) To cause to be, or to become; as, to render a person more safe or more unsafe; to render a fortress secure..
Mouse :: Mouse (v. t.) To furnish with a mouse; to secure by means of a mousing. See Mouse, n., 2..
Flitch :: Flitch (n.) One of several planks, smaller timbers, or iron plates, which are secured together, side by side, to make a large girder or built beam..
Beam :: Beam (n.) The main part of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it..
Belted :: Belted (a.) Encircled by, or secured with, a belt; as, a belted plaid; girt with a belt, as an honorary distinction; as, a belted knight; a belted earl..
Garnishee :: Garnishee (v. t.) To attach (the fund or property sought to be secured by garnishment); to trustee.
Tidesman :: Tidesman (n.) A customhouse officer who goes on board of a merchant ship to secure payment of the duties; a tidewaiter.
Guarantor :: Guarantor (n.) One who engages to secure another in any right or possession.
Bombproof :: Bombproof (a.) Secure against the explosive force of bombs.
Stock :: Stock (n.) The wood to which the barrel, lock, etc., of a musket or like firearm are secured; also, a long, rectangular piece of wood, which is an important part of several forms of gun carriage..
Crossbarred :: Crossbarred (a.) Secured by, or furnished with, crossbars..
Embar :: Embar (v. t.) To bar or shut in; to inclose securely, as with bars..
Insecure :: Insecure (a.) Not secure; not confident of safety or permanence; distrustful; suspicious; apprehensive of danger or loss.
Hood :: Hood (n.) A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant draught by turning with the wind..
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