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- Dictionaryfoster/ˈfɒstə/
verb
- 1. encourage the development of (something, especially something desirable): "the teacher's task is to foster learning" Similar Opposite
- 2. bring up (a child that is not one's own by birth): "a person who would foster Holly was found" Similar
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uk / ˈfɒs.tə r/ 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: foster care / home / child / mother. foster family The neglected child was removed from her home and placed with a foster family.
The meaning of FOSTER is having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for. How to use foster in a sentence.
Foster definition: to promote the growth or development of; further; encourage. See examples of FOSTER used in a sentence.
If you foster a child, you take it into your family for a period of time, without becoming its legal parent.
FOSTER meaning: 1. to take care of a child, usually for a limited time, without being the child's legal parent: 2…. Learn more.
FOSTER definition: 1. to encourage a particular feeling, situation, or idea to develop: 2. to look after a child as…. Learn more.
Foster can be a verb (to foster someone or something) or an adjective used to describe a foster family, child, or parent. The word is from the Old English fostrian meaning "to supply with food, nourish, support," which sounds like what those mama hogs were doing.
[transitive, intransitive] foster (somebody) (especially British English) to take another person’s child into your home for a period of time, without becoming his or her legal parents. They have fostered over 60 children during the past ten years. We couldn't adopt a child, so we decided to foster.
Having the standing of a specified member of the family, though not by birth or adoption, and giving, receiving, or sharing the care appropriate to that standing. Foster parent, foster brother. Webster's New World. Providing parental care and nurture to children not related through legal or blood ties.
Definition of foster verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
