foster
Providing parental care to children not related to oneself.
Other meanings
Receiving such care.
Related by such care.
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "fostor" (fōstor).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “foster” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.