foster
To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated…To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
» I was raised by foster parents.
Мене виховали прийомні батьки.
Meaning
4 senses(transitive)To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
(in Pflege) aufziehen, (in Pflege) großziehen
воспи́тыватьvospítyvatʹ
(transitive)To promote the development of something; to cultivate and grow a thing.
Our company fosters an appreciation for the arts.
pflegen
поощря́тьpooščrjátʹ
promote the growth of
(transitive)To nurse or cherish something.
nähren, fördern
леле́ятьleléjatʹ, хо́литьxólitʹ
(intransitive, obsolete)To be nurtured or trained up together.
Examples
144 sentencesI was raised by foster parents.
Мене виховали прийомні батьки.
Tom grew up in foster care.
deTom ist bei Pflegeeltern groß geworden.
Tom and Mary are foster parents.
I was put in foster care.
Was Tom placed with foster parents?
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English foster, from Old English fōstor (“food, sustenance”), from Proto-WestFrom Middle English foster, from Old English fōstor (“food, sustenance”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōstr, from Proto-Germanic *fōstrą (“nourishment, food”).
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Forms
fosters, fostering, fostered, fosteredSynonyms
3 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
25 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle