foster
IPA: fˈɑstɝ
noun
- (countable, informal) A foster parent.
- (uncountable) The care given to another; guardianship.
- (obsolete) A forester.
- An English surname originating as an occupation, variant of Forster
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A placename
- A number of places in the United States:
- A former settlement in San Diego County, California.
- An unincorporated community in Warren County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Bracken County, Kentucky.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Big Stone County, Minnesota.
- A village in Bates County, Missouri; named for Ohio governor Charles Foster.
- A village in Pierce County, Nebraska; named for George Foster, original owner of town's site.
- A town in Garvin County, Oklahoma.
- An unincorporated community partly in Sweet Home, Linn County, Oregon.
- A town in Providence County, Rhode Island; named for Rhode Island statesman Theodore Foster.
- A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
- An unincorporated community in Clear Creek, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.
- A village in the town of Brome Lake, Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, southern Quebec, Canada.
- A town in South Gippsland Shire, south-east Victoria, Australia.
- Ellipsis of Foster County. [One of 53 counties in North Dakota, United States. County seat: Carrington.]
verb
- (transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
- (transitive) To promote the development of something; to cultivate and grow a thing.
- (transitive) To nurse or cherish something.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To be nurtured or trained up together.
adjective
- Providing parental care to children not related to oneself.
- Receiving such care.
- Related by such care.
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Examples of "foster" in Sentences
- Hewson became the foster father of the children.
- Firefighters give foster child a shopping spree.
- In 1981 the Foster Aquatic Center replaced the pool.
- An anticyclone aloft fostered additional development.
- How is the participation of the community being fostered
- This fosters regimentation and meaningless fact retention.
- As a project, we shouldn't be adoptive and foster parent phobic.
- The foster parent is remunerated by the state for their services.
- The adopted son bears the lineage identity of the foster parents.
- All of the food and bedding are typical items sent home with the foster parent.