foster, übersetzung im Collins English Dictionary & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

foster
vb tr

1 to promote the growth or development of

2 to bring up (a child, etc.); rear

3 to cherish (a plan, hope, etc.) in one's mind

4 (Chiefly Brit)

a to place (a child) in the care of foster parents

b to bring up under fosterage
adj

5 in combination of or involved in the rearing of a child by persons other than his natural or adopted parents
foster parents, foster home
  (Old English fostrian to feed, from fostor food)
♦ fosterer  n
♦ fosteringly  adv

Foster
n

1 Jodie. born 1962, U.S. film actress: her films include Taxi Driver (1976), The Accused (1988), The Silence of the Lambs (1990), Little Man Tate (1991; also directed), and Contact (1997)

2 Norman, Baron. born 1935, British architect. His works include the Willis Faber building (1978) in Ipswich, Stansted Airport, Essex (1991), Chek Lap Kok Airport, Hong Kong (1998), and the renovation of the Reichstag, Berlin (1999)

3 Stephen Collins. 1826--64, U.S. composer of songs such as The Old Folks at Home and Oh Susanna

foster child
n a child looked after temporarily or brought up by people other than its natural or adoptive parents

foster father
n a man who looks after or brings up a child or children as a father, in place of the natural or adoptive father

foster mother
n a woman who looks after or brings up a child or children as a mother, in place of the natural or adoptive mother