FOSTERING

breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing

(noun) helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; “they debated whether nature or nurture was more important”

fostering, fosterage

(noun) encouragement; aiding the development of something

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

fostering

present participle of foster

Noun

fostering (plural fosterings)

raising someone to be an accepted member of the community.

encouragement; aiding the development of something

Synonyms

• breeding, bringing up, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing

Anagrams

• fire tongs, foresting

Source: Wiktionary

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FOSTER

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. læn 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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