FOSTER
\fˈɒstə], \fˈɒstə], \f_ˈɒ_s_t_ə]\
Definitions of FOSTER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864)
By Princeton University
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United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up.
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To cherish; to promote the growth of; to encourage; to sustain and promote; as, to foster genius.
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To be nourished or trained up together.
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Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment 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.
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One who, or that which, fosters.
By Oddity Software
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To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up.
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To cherish; to promote the growth of; to encourage; to sustain and promote; as, to foster genius.
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To be nourished or trained up together.
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Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment 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.
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One who, or that which, fosters.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman