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Word | Foster |
French Meaning | adoptif, favoriser, nourrir, encourager, développer, prendre (un enfant) en nourrice, parrainer, entretenir, protéger (les arts) |
providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties; foster parent; foster child; foster home; surrogate father / bring up under fosterage / A forester. / rear; encourage / denoting someone that has a specified family connection through fostering rather than birth. / used to describe a situation in which for a period of time a child lives with and is cared for by people who are not the child's parents / to help (something) grow or develop / to provide the care that a parent usually gives to a child : to be or become the foster parent of a child, | |
Usage | ⇒ She fostered the orphan ⇒ According to the legend, Romulus and Remus were fostered by a she-wolf that raised the abandoned infants as her own. ⇒ Such conditions foster the spread of the disease. ⇒ foster parent ⇒ The school has deliberately fostered its progressive image |
Synonyms | nurture, encourage, support, cherish, cultivate, nourish, promote, advance, forward, help, nurse, assist, further, sustain, back, aid, raise, rear, foment, stimulate, |
Antonyms | discourage, ignore, neglect, condemn, frustrate, prevent, repress, subdue, suppress, biological, check, curb, forbid, hinder, hurt, ill-treat, impede, maltreat, mishandle, mistreat, |
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