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secure
Adjective
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When something is secure, it is firmly held in place and probably will not fall.
Mike's bicycle is very secure on the bike rack.
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When a person is secure, they are not afraid of anything and are in a good emotional state.
secure
Verb
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If you secure something, you make it secure in one of the ways listed above.
prisoner
Noun
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A prisoner is a person imprisoned, while on trial or serving a sentence.
The prisoners were let out of their cells each afternoon so they could exercise.
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Any person held against his or her will is a prisoner.
He kept his mother as a prisoner in her bedroom until she agreed to change her will.