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foster

See also: Foster

EnglishEdit

WOTD – 30 July 2007

PronunciationEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English foster, from Old English fōstor (“food, sustenance”), from Proto-Germanic *fōstrą (“nurishment, food”). Cognate with Middle Dutch voester (“nursemaid”), Middle Low German vôster (“food”), Old Norse fóstr (“nurturing, education, alimony, child support”), Danish foster (“fetus”), Swedish foster (“fetus”).

AdjectiveEdit

foster (not comparable)

  1. Providing parental care to unrelated children.
  2. Receiving such care
  3. Related by such care

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NounEdit

foster (countable and uncountable, plural fosters)

  1. (countable, obsolete) A forester
  2. (uncountable) The care given to another; guardianship

VerbEdit

foster (third-person singular simple present fosters, present participle fostering, simple past and past participle fostered)

  1. (transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
  2. (transitive) To cultivate and grow something.
    Our company fosters an appreciation for the arts.
  3. (transitive) To nurse or cherish something.
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) To be nurtured or trained up together.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)

AntonymsEdit

  • (cultivate and grow): hinder

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DanishEdit

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EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse fóstr (“rear, raise”)

NounEdit

foster n (singular definite fostret or fosteret, plural indefinite fostre)

  1. fetus (fetus)

InflectionEdit

Inflection of foster
neuter
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative foster fostret
fosteret		 fostre fostrene
genitive fosters fostrets
fosterets		 fostres fostrenes

SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

foster n

  1. a fetus

DeclensionEdit

Declension of foster
singular plural
Neuter indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative foster fostret foster fostren
genitive fosters fostrets fosters fostrens

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