Definition of foster

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Foster (v. t.) Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; -- applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood..

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Breed :: Breed (v. t.) To take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth; to bring up; to nurse and foster..
Nuzzle :: Nuzzle (v. t.) To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up.
Foster :: Foster (v. t.) Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; -- applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood..
Fosterment :: Fosterment (n.) Food; nourishment.
Embosom :: Embosom (v. t.) To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster..
Nurse :: Nurse (v. t.) To bring up; to raise, by care, from a weak or invalid condition; to foster; to cherish; -- applied to plants, animals, and to any object that needs, or thrives by, attention..
Cultivate :: Cultivate (v. t.) To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to foster; to cherish.
Cherish :: Cherish (v. t.) To hold dear; to embrace with interest; to indulge; to encourage; to foster; to promote; as, to cherish religious principle..
Fostered :: Fostered (imp. & p. p.) of Foste.
Foster :: Foster (v. i.) To be nourished or trained up together.
Cultivation :: Cultivation (n.) Bestowal of time or attention for self-improvement or for the benefit of others; fostering care.
Laissez Faire :: Laissez faire () Noninterference; -- an axiom of some political economists, deprecating interference of government by attempts to foster or regulate commerce, manufactures, etc., by bounty or by restriction; as, the doctrine of laissez faire; the laissez faire system government..
Fosterling :: Fosterling (n.) A foster child.
Nourish :: Nourish (v. t.) To supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues..
Foster :: Foster (v. t.) To cherish; to promote the growth of; to encourage; to sustain and promote; as, to foster genius..
#NAME? :: -ling () A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling, underling..
Foment :: Foment (v. t.) To cherish with heat; to foster.
Foster :: Foster (n.) A forester.
Rear :: Rear (v. t.) To bring up to maturity, as young; to educate; to instruct; to foster; as, to rear offspring..
Godfather :: Godfather (v. t.) To act as godfather to; to take under one's fostering care.
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