(transitive) To make safe. / (transitive) To protect a crop from injury from a herbicide by adding a safener.

plural of safener

A chemical used in a herbicide to minimize injury to the crop as a result of the herbicide application.

simple past tense and past participle of safen

present participle of safen

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of safen

The property of being safe.

plural of safeness