foster
to promote the growth or development of; further; encourage: to foster new ideas.
to care for a foster child or a pet as a temporary guardian: The couple fostered two boys until they could be reunited with their birth parents.Have you ever fostered a kitten that you just couldn’t part from afterwards?
to care for or cherish.
British. to place (a child) in a foster home.
Obsolete. to feed or nourish.
Origin of foster
1synonym study For foster
Other words for foster
Opposites for foster
Other words from foster
- fos·ter·er, noun
- fos·ter·ing·ly, adverb
- un·fos·ter·ing, adjective
Other definitions for Foster (2 of 2)
Stephen (Collins), 1826–64, U.S. songwriter.
William Z(eb·u·lon) [zeb-yuh-luhn], /ˈzɛb yə lən/, 1881–1961, U.S. labor organizer: leader in the Communist Party.
a male given name.
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How to use foster in a sentence
It fosters—yep—“access to capital and talent and diversity.”
Most frightening are the mechanical dolls whose production Mengele fosters.
Holocaust Horrors Haunt the Films ‘Ida’ And ‘The German Doctor’ | Jack Schwartz | May 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo, it fosters one-on-one communication by the dude not communicating at all?
They are turned off by our attempts to hide behind a façade of safety and alienated by the lack of real connection it fosters.
A big reason is economics—“anything that fosters an inclusive environment makes good business sense.”
Why use dangerous cosmetics when Jones' soap retains youth and health for the complexion, and fosters the development of beauty?
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsThis knowledge not only fosters intelligent and fruitful experiment but it prevents the doing of foolish things.
Steam Steel and Electricity | James W. SteeleBirket Fosters copy sold in 1894 for 255; and Mr. Tooveys, with title and verses in facsimile, for 169.
Prices of Books | Henry B. WheatleyOne trouble with dormitory school life is that it fosters leisure-wasting and time-wasting "gang" habits.
A Girl's Student Days and After | Jeannette MarksBut the virtues of the hero were united with all the railings and vices which a military life creates, or at least fosters.
The Thirty Years War, Complete | Friedrich Schiller
British Dictionary definitions for foster (1 of 2)
/ (ˈfɒstə) /
to promote the growth or development of
to bring up (a child, etc); rear
to cherish (a plan, hope, etc) in one's mind
mainly British
to place (a child) in the care of foster parents
to bring up under fosterage
(in combination) indicating relationship through fostering and not through birth: foster mother; foster child
(in combination) of or involved in the rearing of a child by persons other than his natural or adopted parents: foster home
Origin of foster
1Derived forms of foster
- fosterer, noun
- fostering, noun
British Dictionary definitions for Foster (2 of 2)
/ (ˈfɒstə) /
Jodie . born 1962, US film actress and director: her films include Taxi Driver (1976), The Accused (1988), The Silence of the Lambs (1990), Little Man Tate (1991; also directed), Nell (1995), and Panic Room (2002)
Norman, Baron. born 1935, British architect. His works include the Willis Faber building (1978) in Ipswich, Stansted Airport, Essex (1991), Chek Lap Kok Airport, Hong Kong (1998), the renovation of the Reichstag, Berlin (1999), and City Hall, London (2002)
Stephen Collins . 1826–64, US composer of songs such as The Old Folks at Home and Oh Susanna
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