foster¹ /fosˈtər/

1. To bring up or nurse (esp a child not one's own)
2. To put (a child) into the care of someone not its parent
3. To treat (eg the elderly) in a similar fashion
4. To encourage
5. To promote
6. To cherish

To care for a child or elderly person in a foster-home

Of or concerned with fostering

fosˈterage noun

1. The act or custom of fostering or nursing
2. The condition or relation of foster-child
3. The care of a foster-child
4. The act of encouraging or cultivating

fosˈterer noun

fosˈtering noun

fosˈterling noun (archaic)

A foster-child

fosˈtress noun (archaic)

A female fosterer

fosˈter-brother noun

A male child nursed or brought up with a child or children of different parents

fosˈter-child noun

A child nursed or brought up by someone who is not its parent

fosˈter-daughter noun

fosˈter-father noun

A man who brings up a child in place of its father

fosˈter-home noun

fosˈter-mother noun

1. A woman who brings up a child in place of its mother
2. An apparatus for rearing chickens

fosˈter-nurse noun

fosˈter-parent noun

fosˈter-sister noun

fosˈter-son noun

foster² /fosˈtər/ (Spenser)

A forester

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