fosterverb
uk/ˈfɒs.tər/us/ˈfɑː.stɚ/foster verb (TAKE CARE OF)
[ I or T ] to take care of a child, usually for a limited time, without being the child's legal parent:
Would you consider fostering (a child)?
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adopt
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Parenting & caring for children
- adopt
- adopted
- adoption
- adoptive
- attachment parenting
- bring sb up
- child-rearing
- childless
- childminder
- counsellor
- custodial
- nursemaid
- nursery nurse
- nurture
- one-parent family
- open adoption
- pediatrician
- upbringing
- visitation
- wean
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foster verb (ENCOURAGE)
[ T ] to encourage the development or growth of ideas or feelings:
I'm trying to foster an interest in classical music in my children.
They were discussing the best way to foster democracy and prosperity in the former communist countries.
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Encouraging and urging on
- abet
- barrack for sb
- bring
- bring sb out
- buddy
- cheer
- chin
- egg
- get out of here! idiom
- good/great/lovely stuff! idiom
- goose
- hide your light under a bushel idiom
- impetus
- invitation
- prepare the ground idiom
- prod
- promote
- promotion
- psych
- shoulder
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fosteradjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈfɒs.tər/us/ˈfɑː.stɚ/used to refer to someone or something connected with the care of children, usually for a limited time, by someone who is not the child's legal parent:
a foster care/home/child/mother
The neglected child was removed from her home and placed with a foster family.
As a child, he had lived with a series of foster parents.
her foster father/mother
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Family: non-blood relations
- auntie
- brother-in-law
- co-brother
- co-sister
- daughter-in-law
- goddaughter
- godfather
- godmother
- godparent
- godson
- sister-in-law
- son-in-law
- step
- stepbrother
- stepchild
- stepfamily
- stepfather
- stepmother
- stepmum
- stepparent
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