foster: significado e definições

To bring up; nurture: bear and foster offspring. See Synonyms at nurture.

To promote the growth and development of; cultivate: detect and foster artistic talent. See Synonyms at advance.

To nurse; cherish: foster a secret hope.

Providing parental care and nurture to children not related through legal or blood ties: foster parents; foster grandparents; a foster home.

Receiving parental care and nurture from those not related to one through legal or blood ties: foster children.