Definitions from Wiktionary (Foster)
▸ adjective: Providing parental care to children not related to oneself.
▸ adjective: Receiving such care.
▸ adjective: Related by such care.
▸ noun: (countable, informal) A foster parent.
▸ 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 promote the development of something; to cultivate and grow a thing.
▸ verb: (transitive) To nurse or cherish something.
▸ verb: (intransitive, obsolete) To be nurtured or trained up together.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A forester.
▸ noun: An English surname originating as an occupation, variant of Forster
▸ noun: A male given name transferred from the surname.
▸ noun: A placename
▸ noun: A number of places in the United States:
▸ noun: A former settlement in San Diego County, California.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Warren County, Indiana.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Bracken County, Kentucky.
▸ noun: A township and unincorporated community therein, in Big Stone County, Minnesota.
▸ noun: A village in Bates County, Missouri; named for Ohio governor Charles Foster.
▸ noun: A village in Pierce County, Nebraska; named for George Foster, original owner of town's site.
▸ noun: A town in Garvin County, Oklahoma.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community partly in Sweet Home, Linn County, Oregon.
▸ noun: A town in Providence County, Rhode Island; named for Rhode Island statesman Theodore Foster.
▸ noun: A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Clear Creek, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.
▸ noun: A village in the town of Brome Lake, Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, southern Quebec, Canada.
▸ noun: A town in South Gippsland Shire, south-east Victoria, Australia.
▸ noun: Ellipsis of Foster County. [One of 53 counties in North Dakota, United States. County seat: Carrington.]
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▸ adjective: Providing parental care to children not related to oneself.
▸ adjective: Receiving such care.
▸ adjective: Related by such care.
▸ noun: (countable, informal) A foster parent.
▸ 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 promote the development of something; to cultivate and grow a thing.
▸ verb: (transitive) To nurse or cherish something.
▸ verb: (intransitive, obsolete) To be nurtured or trained up together.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A forester.
▸ noun: An English surname originating as an occupation, variant of Forster
▸ noun: A male given name transferred from the surname.
▸ noun: A placename
▸ noun: A number of places in the United States:
▸ noun: A former settlement in San Diego County, California.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Warren County, Indiana.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Bracken County, Kentucky.
▸ noun: A township and unincorporated community therein, in Big Stone County, Minnesota.
▸ noun: A village in Bates County, Missouri; named for Ohio governor Charles Foster.
▸ noun: A village in Pierce County, Nebraska; named for George Foster, original owner of town's site.
▸ noun: A town in Garvin County, Oklahoma.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community partly in Sweet Home, Linn County, Oregon.
▸ noun: A town in Providence County, Rhode Island; named for Rhode Island statesman Theodore Foster.
▸ noun: A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Clear Creek, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.
▸ noun: A village in the town of Brome Lake, Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, southern Quebec, Canada.
▸ noun: A town in South Gippsland Shire, south-east Victoria, Australia.
▸ noun: Ellipsis of Foster County. [One of 53 counties in North Dakota, United States. County seat: Carrington.]
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