/ˈfɒstə/
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Translation
To care for a child in your home for a time, or to help something grow.
Word origin
From Old English fostrian, meaning to feed or nourish, from fostor, food.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- fostrian
- English cognates
- food
Grammar
Verb typeregular (foster, fosters, fostered)
Examples
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To foster a child is to care for it in your family for a time.
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Before a noun, "foster" describes this kind of care: foster parents, a foster home.
reading.
Here "foster" means help something grow.
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