Foster
- Proper noun. (surname, A An) , variant of Forster.
- Adjective. Providing parental care to unrelated children.
- Adjective. receiving such care.
- Adjective. Related by such care.
- Noun. (context, countable) A forester.
- Noun. (uncountable) The care given to another; guardianship.
- Verb. (transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
- Verb. (transitive) To cultivate and grow something.
- Verb. (transitive) To nurse or cherish something.
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