1. (v.t.)foster to promote the growth or development of: to foster new ideas.
2. foster to bring up; rear: to foster a child.
3. (adj.)foster giving or receiving parental care though not kin by blood or related legally: a foster parent.
4. (n.)Foster Stephen (Collins), 1826–64, U.S. songwriter.
Definition of 'foster'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (adj)Foster, Stephen Foster, Stephen Collins Foster United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864)
2. (verb)foster, surrogate providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties "foster parent"; "foster child"; "foster home"; "surrogate father"
3. (verb)foster, further promote the growth of "Foster our children's well-being and education"
4. (verb)foster bring up under fosterage; of children
5. (verb)foster, nurture help develop, help grow "nurture his talents"
3. (verb)foster to feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up
4. (verb)foster to cherish; to promote the growth of; to encourage; to sustain and promote; as, to fostergenius
5. (verb)foster to be nourished or trained up together
6. (verb)foster relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharingnourishment 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
Definitions of foster 
Afrikaans: pleegsorg
Arabic: يُرَبّي، يَتَبَنّى
Bulgarian: грижа се за
Brazilian: cuidar
Czech: starat se, vychovávat (ci
German: pflegen
Danish: passe; pleje; opfostre
Greek: φροντίζω, ανατρέφω (παιδί
Spanish: acoger, criar
Estonian: kasulapsena (üles) kasvat
Farsi: پرورش دادن
Finnish: kasvattaa sijaisvanhempan
French: élever
Hebrew: לְגַדֵל (בְּמִשפָּחָה אוֹ
Hindi: पालना
Croatian: brinuti se o, odgajati
Hungarian: (fel)nevel
Indonesian: menjaga, mengasuh
Icelandic: ala upp, fóstra
Italian: allevare
Japanese: 養育する
Korean: 양육하다
Lithuanian: prižiūrėti, auginti
Latvian: audzināt (svešu bērnu)
Malay: mengasuh
Dutch: in het gezin opnemen
Norwegian: fostre opp
Polish: sprawować opiekę nad, wyc
Persian: پرورش دادن
Pashto: روزول
Portuguese: cuidar
Romanian: a creşte
Russian: выхаживать; воспитывать (
Slovak: starať sa (o)
Slovenian: rediti, vzgajati
Serbian: čuvati
Swedish: ta sig an, [upp]fostra
Thai: เลี้ยงดูเด็กที่ไม่ใช่ลูกข
Turkish: bakmak, analık babalık et
Taiwanese: 撫養
Ukrainian: доглядати
Urdu: کسی اور کی اولاد کی پرورش
Vietnamese: nhận nuôi
Chinese: 抚养
