foster
🇺🇸
/ˈfɑːstər/
🇬🇧
/ˈfɒstə(r)/
verb
C1
to help something grow or develop
The program helps foster a love of learning in children.
C1
to care for someone else's child in your home for a time
They decided to foster a child who needed a safe home.
adjective
R
related to caring for a child who is not your own
She grew up in a foster family that provided a loving home.
translation
to help something grow or develop; to care for someone else's child in your home for a time
related to caring for a child who is not your own
Word Forms
3rd Present
fosters
Past
fostered
Perfect
fostered
Progressive
fostering