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| fostering | |
| 1. n. raising someone to be an accepted member of the community. |  |
| 2. n. encouragement; aiding the development of something | |
| foster | |
| 1. adj. Providing parental care to children not related to oneself. | |
| foster parents | |
| 2. adj. Receiving such care. | |
| a foster child | |
| 3. adj. Related by such care. | |
| We are a foster family. | |
| 4. n. (informal) A foster parent. | |
| Some fosters end up adopting. | |
| 5. n. The care given to another; guardianship. | |
| 6. v. To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child. | |
| 7. v. To cultivate and grow something. | |
| Our company fosters an appreciation for the arts. | |
| 8. v. To nurse or cherish something. | |
| 9. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be nurtured or trained up together. | |
| 10. n. (obsolete) A forester. | |
