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Foster :: Foster (n.) One who, or that which, fosters..

Fostered :: Fostered (imp. & p. p.) of Foste.

Foster :: Foster (v. i.) To be nourished or trained up together.

Fosterling :: Fosterling (n.) A foster child.

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..

Foment :: Foment (v. t.) To cherish with heat; 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..

Lap :: Lap (n.) The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered; figuratively, a place of rearing and fostering; as, to be reared in the lap of luxury..

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..

Cultivate :: Cultivate (v. t.) To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to foster; to cherish.

Fosterage :: Fosterage (n.) The care of a foster child; the charge of nursing.

Foster :: Foster (v. t.) To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up.

Feed :: Feed (v. t.) To nourish, in a general sense; to foster, strengthen, develop, and guard..

#NAME? :: -ling () A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling, underling..

Breed :: Breed (v. t.) To take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth; to bring up; to nurse and foster..

Foster :: Foster (n.) A forester.

Cherish :: Cherish (v. t.) To hold dear; to embrace with interest; to indulge; to encourage; to foster; to promote; as, to cherish religious principle..

Embosom :: Embosom (v. t.) To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster..

Nosel :: Nosel (v. t.) To nurse; to lead or teach; to foster; to nuzzle.

Nursery :: Nursery (n.) The place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.

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