Sekirov Dictionary

foster

/ˈfɒstə/

adjective 3
verb 4
noun 3
forms 5
phrases 1

adjective3

•
caring for a child as a mother or father would, though the child was born into another family
- foster parents
Receiving such care.
•
Related by such care.
- We are a foster family.

verb4

•
To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
- Some say that Rauens foster forlorne children, / The whilst their owne birds famish in their nests: / Oh be to me though thy hard hart say no, / Nothing so kinde but something pittiful. — 1588
•
To promote the development of something; to cultivate and grow a thing.
- Our company fosters an appreciation for the arts.
To nurse or cherish something.
•
(no longer used) To be nurtured or trained up together.
- There Florimell, in her first ages flowre, And passing beautie did eftsoones reveale, Was fostered by those Graces — 1596

noun3

The care given to another; guardianship.
•
(informal) A foster parent.
- Some fosters end up adopting.
•
(no longer used) A forester.
- A griesly Foster forth did rush. — 1590

forms

fostered · fostering · fostereth · fosters · fosterest

Phrases with foster

foster up
To raise up (something); to foster, nurse, increase or strengthen (something).

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