secure - result in being firmly hooked up; "fasten the lock on to the door"; "she preset her gaze on the man"adj (+er) (= safe) → sicher; (emotionally) → geborgen; existence, earnings → gesichert; secure within the know-how that … → ruhig in dem Bewusstsein, dass …; for being secure towards or from something → vor etw (dat) → sicher