foster (third-person singular simple present fosters, present participle fostering, simple past and past participle fostered) (transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
（真の親子でないものが）養育関係にある，里子・里親の 〖 foster 〗 He adopted a war orphan and is bringing her up as a foster daughter. 彼は戦災孤児をひきとって 養 女として育てています。 Jimmy is my foster child. ジミーは私の 里 子です。
The meaning of FOSTER is having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for. How to use foster in a sentence.
FOSTER definition: 1. to take care of a child, usually for a limited time, without being the child's legal parent: 2…. Learn more.
If you foster a child, you take it into your family for a period of time, without becoming its legal parent. She has since gone on to find happiness by fostering more than 100 children. [VERB noun]
Foster (surname) Foster Brooks (1912–2001), American actor Foster Moreau (born 1997), American football player Foster Sarell (born 1998), American football player John Foster Dulles (1888–1959), American diplomat and politician Sterling Foster Black (1924–1996), American lawyer Caroline E. Foster, New Zealand law professor Jodie Foster (born 1962), American actor
To foster is to nurture something. A teacher could foster creativity by providing crayons to every student. You can also foster a child, which means the child lives in your home for a time.
Definition of foster verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
- Providing parental care and nurture to children not related through legal or blood ties: foster parents; foster grandparents; a foster home. 2. Receiving parental care and nurture from those not related to one through legal or blood ties: foster children.