foster

About 13.86 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Providing parental care to children not related to oneself.

   foster parents

2. adjective Receiving such care.

   a foster child

3. adjective Related by such care.

   We are a foster family.

4. noun A foster parent.

   Some fosters end up adopting.

5. noun The care given to another; guardianship.
6. verb To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
7. verb To promote the development of something; to cultivate and grow a thing.

   Our company fosters an appreciation for the arts.

8. verb To nurse or cherish something.

Similar words

adoptive further nurture surrogate upbringing childcare family nourish household home

Often followed by

the care and a parents home dulles homes mother

Word family

Foster Stephen Collins Foster Stephen Foster William Z Foster William Z. Foster William Zebulon Foster foster brother foster brother/sister foster brothers foster cat