ALL meanings of foster
fos·ter
F f - verb with object foster to promote the growth or development of; further; encourage: to foster new ideas. 1
- verb with object foster to bring up, raise, or rear, as a foster child. 1
- verb with object foster to care for or cherish. 1
- verb with object foster British. to place (a child) in a foster home. 1
- verb with object foster Obsolete. to feed or nourish. 1
- noun foster Stephen (Collins) 1826–64, U.S. songwriter. 1
- noun foster William Z(ebulon) [zeb-yuh-luh n] /ˈzɛb yə lən/ (Show IPA), 1881–1961, U.S. labor organizer: leader in the Communist Party. 1
- noun foster a male given name. 1
- transitive verb foster promote 1
- transitive verb foster encourage: an attitude 1
- transitive verb foster feeling: cherish 1
- adjective foster parents, child: adoptive 1
- transitive verb foster bring up 1
- noun foster Denoting someone that has a specified family connection through fostering rather than birth. 1
- verb foster If you foster a child, you take it into your family for a period of time, without becoming its legal parent. 0
- verb foster To foster something such as an activity or idea means to help it to develop. 0
- verb foster to promote the growth or development of 0
- verb foster to bring up (a child, etc); rear 0
- verb foster to cherish (a plan, hope, etc) in one's mind 0
- verb foster to place (a child) in the care of foster parents 0
- verb foster to bring up under fosterage 0
- adjective foster indicating relationship through fostering and not through birth 0
- adjective foster of or involved in the rearing of a child by persons other than his natural or adopted parents 0
- noun foster Arlene (Isabel). born 1970, Northern Irish politician; leader of the Democratic Unionist Party from 2015; first minister of Northern Ireland (2016–17) 0
- noun foster Jodie. born 1962, US film actress and director: her films include Taxi Driver (1976), The Accused (1988), The Silence of the Lambs (1990), Little Man Tate (1991; also directed), Nell (1995), and Panic Room (2002) 0
- noun foster Norman, Baron. born 1935, British architect. His works include the Willis Faber building (1978) in Ipswich, Stansted Airport, Essex (1991), Chek Lap Kok Airport, Hong Kong (1998), the renovation of the Reichstag, Berlin (1999), and City Hall, London (2002) 0
- noun foster Stephen Collins. 1826–64, US composer of songs such as The Old Folks at Home and Oh Susanna 0
- noun foster Stephen Collins1826-64; U.S. composer of songs 0
- noun foster William Z(ebulon)1881-1964; U.S. Communist Party leader 0
- verb transitive foster to bring up with care; rear 0
- verb transitive foster to help to grow or develop; stimulate; promote 0
- verb transitive foster to cling to in one's mind; cherish 0
- adjective 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 0
- adjective foster designating or relating to such care 0