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FOSTER
foster, surrogate
(adjective) providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties; āfoster parentā; āfoster childā; āfoster homeā; āsurrogate fatherā
Foster, Stephen Foster, Stephen Collins Foster
(noun) United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864)
foster, nurture
(verb) help develop, help grow; ānurture his talentsā
foster
(verb) bring up under fosterage; of children
foster, further
(verb) promote the growth of; āFoster our childrenās well-being and educationā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
foster (not comparable)
Providing parental care to children not related to oneself.
Receiving such care.
Related by such care.
Noun
foster (countable and uncountable, plural fosters)
(countable, informal) A foster parent.
(uncountable) The care given to another; guardianship.
Verb
foster (third-person singular simple present fosters, present participle fostering, simple past and past participle fostered)
(transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
(transitive) To cultivate and grow something.
(transitive) To nurse or cherish something.
(intransitive, obsolete) To be nurtured or trained up together.
Antonyms
• (cultivate and grow): hinder
Etymology 2
Noun
foster (plural fosters)
(obsolete) A forester.
Anagrams
• Forest, Forets, Fortes, fetors, forest, forset, fortes, fortĆ©s, froste, softer
Etymology
Proper noun
Foster
An English surname, variant of Forster.
A male given name from surnames.
A town in Rhode Island; named for Rhode Island statesman Theodore Foster.
A town in Victoria.
A town in Oklahoma.
A village in Missouri; named for Ohio governor Charles Foster.
A town in Wisconsin.
A village in Nebraska; named for George Foster, original owner of town's site.
Anagrams
• Forest, Forets, Fortes, fetors, forest, forset, fortes, fortĆ©s, froste, softer
Source: Wiktionary
Fos"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fostered, p. pr. & vb. n. Fostering.] Etym: [OE. fostren, fr. AS. foster, fostor, food, nourishment, fr. foda food. *75. See Food.]
1. To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up. Some say that ravens foster forlorn children. Shak.
2. To cherish; to promote the growth of; to encourage; to sustain and promote; as, to foster genius.
Fos"ter, v. i.
Definition: To be nourished or trained up together. [Obs.] Spenser.
Fos"ter, a. Etym: [AS. foster, fostor, nourishment. See Foster, v. t.]
Definition: Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; -- applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood. Foster babe, or child, an infant of child nursed by a woman not its mother, or bred by a man not its father.
– Foster brother, Foster sister, one who is, or has been, nursed at the same breast, or brought up by the same nurse as another, but is not of the same parentage.
– Foster dam, one who takes the place of a mother; a nurse. Dryden.
– Foster earth, earth by which a plant is nourished, though not its native soil. J. Philips.
– Foster father, a man who takes the place of a father in caring for a child. Bacon.
– Foster land. (a) Land allotted for the maintenance of any one. [Obs.] (b) One's adopted country.
– Foster lean Etym: [foster + AS. lƦn a loan See Loan.], remuneration fixed for the rearing of a foster child; also, the jointure of a wife. [Obs.] Wharton.
– Foster mother, a woman who takes a mother's place in the nurture and care of a child; a nurse.
– Foster nurse, a nurse; a nourisher. [R.] Shak.
– Foster parent, a foster mother or foster father.
– Foster son, a male foster child.
Fos"ter, n.
Definition: A forester. [Obs.] Spenser.
Fos"ter, n.
Definition: One who, or that which, fosters.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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