foster

Plural: fosters

Noun

• United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864)
• A foster parent.
• The care given to another; guardianship.
• A forester.

Verb

Verb Forms: fostered, fostering, fosters

• To promote the growth or development of.
• promote the growth of
  • "Foster our children's well-being and education"
• bring up under fosterage; of children
• help develop, help grow
• To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
• To promote the development of something; to cultivate and grow a thing.
• To nurse or cherish something.
• To be nurtured or trained up together.

Adjective Satellite

• providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties
  • "foster parent"
  • "foster child"
  • "foster home"

Adj

• Providing parental care to children not related to oneself.
• Receiving such care.
• Related by such care.

Examples

• a foster child
• foster parents
• He tried to foster an environment where his tiles could connect for a bingo word.
• Our company fosters an appreciation for the arts.
• Some fosters end up adopting.
• We are a foster family.

Synonyms

further, nurture, Stephen Collins Foster, Stephen Foster, surrogate

Antonyms

hamper

Anagrams of foster