Dictionary Entry
foster
foster is a 6-letter English word with 11 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 9 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up.
- 2transitive verb
To cherish; to promote the growth of; to encourage; to sustain and promote; as, to foster genius.
- 3intransitive verb
To be nourished or trained up together.
- 4transitive verb
Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; -- applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood.
- 5noun
A forester.
- 6noun
One who, or that which, fosters.
- 7noun
United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864)
- 8verb
help develop, help grow
"nurture his talents"
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- 9verb
bring up under fosterage; of children
- 10verb
promote the growth of
"Foster our children's well-being and education"
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- 11adjective
providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties
"foster parent"
"foster child"
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