(transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child. / (transitive) To cultivate and grow something. / (transitive) To nurse or cherish something.

(countable, informal) A foster parent. / (uncountable) The care given to another; guardianship.

An English surname originating as an occupation, variant of Forster. / A male given name transferred from the surname. / A former settlement in San Diego County, California.

Capable of being fostered; suitable for fostering.

The act of fostering or encouraging something. / (obsolete) food; nourishment

plural of foster parent

An adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care.

A family having at least one foster child.

A formal system by which a child is cared for, in a foster family, by people other than its own parents, but without being adopted

A child in foster care.