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foster

verb, adjective

/ˈfɒstər/

Meaning

to encourage the development of something; to raise a child that is not one's own

The program aims to foster creativity in young students.

foster care

encourage, nurture, support, promote, cultivate

neglect, hinder, suppress

foster child, foster home, foster relationships, foster environment

to possess something; belonging to oneself

verb: to explain something in detail; adjective: detailed and complicated in design

to intend or signify; also unkind when used as adjective

To shut something (verb); near in space or relationship (adjective).

Past tense and past participle of 'spend'; also used as an adjective meaning exhausted or used up.

to move something so that it is no longer closed; not closed