📖 Definitions of "Fosters"
noun
- 1
A foster parent.
"Some fosters end up adopting."
- 2
The care given to another; guardianship.
verb
- 1
To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
- 2
To cultivate and grow something.
"Our company fosters an appreciation for the arts."
- 3
To nurse or cherish something.
- 4
To be nurtured or trained up together.
noun
- 1
A forester.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Fosters"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| adoptive | Pertaining to adoption. |
| furtherverb | (transitive) To encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote. |
| nurtureverb | To nourish or nurse. |
| surrogateverb | (transitive) To replace or substitute something with something else; to appoint a successor. |
| accommodatesverb | (transitive) To provide housing for. |
| advancesnoun | A forward move; improvement or progression. |
| advocatesverb | (transitive) To plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly. |
| allowsverb | (transitive, catenative) To permit, to give permission to. |
| assistsverb | To help. |
| boostsverb | (transitive, by extension) To help or encourage (something) to increase or improve; to assist in overcoming obstacles. |
| breedsverb | To produce offspring sexually; to bear young. |
| buildsverb | (transitive) To form (something) by combining materials or parts. |
| champions | a role-playing game published by Hero Games designed to simulate a superhero comic book world. |
| conducive | Tending to contribute to, encourage, or bring about some result. |
| contributesverb | (ambitransitive) To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole. |
| createsverb | (transitive) To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:) |
| cultivatesverb | To grow plants, notably crops. |
| developsverb | (transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of. |
| drivesverb | To operate a vehicle: |
| elicitsverb | To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer. |
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