Definitions for Foster

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Foster fos·ter

Spelling: [faw-ster, fos-ter]

IPA: /ˈfɔ stər, ˈfɒs tər/

Foster is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 130 anagrams from letters in Foster (eforst).

Definitions for Foster

noun

1. Stephen (Collins) 1826–64, U.S. songwriter.
2. William Z(ebulon) [zeb-yuh-luh n] /ˈzɛb yə lən/ (Show IPA), 1881–1961, U.S. labor organizer: leader in the Communist Party.
3. a male given name.

verb (used with object)

1. to promote the growth or development of; further; encourage:
2. to bring up, raise, or rear, as a foster child.
3. to care for or cherish.
4. British. to place (a child) in a foster home.
5. Obsolete. to feed or nourish.

Origin of Foster

before 1000; Middle English; Old English fōstor nourishment, fōstrian to nourish; cognate with Old Norse fōstr; akin to food

Examples for Foster

At any rate, policy can enforce equal rights and foster equal opportunity.

“Mrs. foster and the girls will come over often,” said Dick.

But he shares with foster Wallace a gift for exactitude, erudition, and moral concern.

A grand jury investigated but found foster had broken no law.

There is much in our country to create and foster this sentiment.

The foster was bound to Belfast, which port we reached without any accident.

And daring you may foster in your hearts as much as we in ours.

During August and September, UNICEF had helped 700 children find a parent or extended family or placed a child in foster care.

“We'll go over to Mr. foster's as soon as it is dark,” said Mrs. Dare.

His non-fiction fills, or helps to fill, the void left by foster Wallace.