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Meaning and definition for "foster" word
[adjective] providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties; "foster parent"; "foster child"; "foster home"; "surrogate father"
[verb] help develop, help grow
[verb] bring up under fosterage; of children
[verb] promote the growth of; "Foster our children's well-being and education"
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\Fos"ter\, v. i. To be nourished or trained up together. [Obs.] --Spenser.
\Fos"ter\, a. [AS. f[=o]ster, f[=o]stor, nourishment. See {Foster}, v. t.] Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; -- applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood. {Foster} {babe, or child}, an infant of child nursed by a woman not its mother, or bred by a man not its father. {Foster brother}, {Foster sister}, one who is, or has been, nursed at the same breast, or brought up by the same nurse as another, but is not of the same parentage. {Foster dam}, one who takes the place of a mother; a nurse. --Dryden. {Foster earth}, earth by which a plant is nourished, though not its native soil. --J. Philips. { Foster father}, a man who takes the place of a father in caring for a child. --Bacon. {Foster land}.
(a) Land allotted for the maintenance of any one. [Obs.]
(b) One's adopted country. {Foster lean} [foster + AS. l[ae]n a loan See {Loan}.], remuneration fixed for the rearing of a foster child; also, the jointure of a wife. [Obs.] --Wharton. {Foster mother}, a woman who takes a mother's place in the nurture and care of a child; a nurse. {Foster nurse}, a nurse; a nourisher. [R.] --Shak. {Foster parent}, a foster mother or foster father. {Foster son}, a male foster child.
\Fos"ter\, n. A forester. [Obs.] --Spenser.
\Fos"ter\, n. One who, or that which, fosters.
Synonyms for foster
adoptive, further, nurture, Stephen Collins Foster, Stephen Foster, surrogate
See also: advance | ballad maker | boost | bring up | encourage | encourage | keep going | nurture | parent | patronage | patronise | patronize | promote | raise | rear | serve | serve well | songster | songwriter | support |
Related terms: assist, baby-sit, coddle, conserve, countenance, edify, go straight, hasten, hold, housebreak, keep, maintain, minister to, reform, ride herd on, straighten out, succor, sustain, take care of, take in hand, treasure up, watch over
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Let's analyse "foster" as pure text. This string has Six letters in Two syllables and Two vowels. 33.3% of vowels is 5.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: RETSOF. Average typing speed for these characters is 1635 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
foster: 6 + 5 = 11, reduced: 11 . and the final result is Eleven. |
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