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Definition foster

Etymology 1

From Middle English foster, from Old English f?stor (“food, sustenance”), from Proto-Germanic *f?str? (“nourishment, food”). Cognate with Middle Dutch voester (“nursemaid”), Middle Low German vôster (“food”), Old Norse fóstr (“nurturing, education, alimony, child support”), Danish foster (“fetus”), Swedish foster (“fetus”).

Adjective

foster (not comparable)

1. Providing parental care to children not related to oneself.
2. Receiving such care.
3. Related by such care.

Noun

foster (countable and uncountable, plural fosters)

1. (countable, informal) A foster parent.
2. (uncountable) The care given to another; guardianship.

Verb

foster (third-person singular simple present fosters, present participle fostering, simple past and past participle fostered)

1. (transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
2. (transitive) To cultivate and grow something.
3. (transitive) To nurse or cherish something.
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To be nurtured or trained up together.

Etymology 2

Noun

foster (plural fosters)

1. (obsolete) A forester.

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