Synonym: care for, cultivate, feed, mind, nourish, nurse, nurture, rear, support, tend. Similar words: poster, oyster, eastern, cluster, western, monster, bolster, yesterday. Meaning: ['fɑstə(r) ,'fɔ- /'fɒs-] n. United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864). v. 1. promote the growth of 2. bring up under fosterage; of children 3. help develop, help grow. adj. providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties.
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61. The two play New York subway cops who also are foster brothers.
62. Pinsent clambered over Foster to embrace Redgrave, and then fell in the water.
63. The entire burden of hatching, feeding and caring for the young cuckoo falls on the hapless foster parents.
64. On 13 December 1991 emergency protection orders were made and the children were placed with foster parents.
65. To foster growth such resources must be developed, but this, however, necessitates increased investment.
66. Down through the garden came servants and foster daughters carrying the cases of engagement presents and the engagement jewels.
67. The sixth and oldest, a 9-year-old boy, currently is in specialized foster care because of emotional problems.
68. Foster stood by the doorway of the hotel, next to a potted palm.
69. If he fails to appear, he will be in contempt of tribal law, Foster said.
70. Mr Foster says the consultation document fails to acknowledge the tradition of free access to mountain and hill country.
71. As it turned out, John and his sister had been through some twenty-three moves in foster care.
72. Larry Foster, chief council aide, said Hale was ordered to appear before the committee next Monday.
73. Like old Charles Foster Kane, they are doomed to stalk the dark, cavernous halls of their Xanadus.
74. This is an example of government efforts to foster new initiatives by creating an agency outside of direct central political control.
75. The care programme approach was seen to foster dependency in two ways, on the part of clients and on the part of staff.
76. She wanted to live with the foster parents she lived with at the age of two.
77. Directors also strive to foster a cooperative spirit and friendly attitude among employees and a compassionate demeanor toward the families.
78. There, Rita says, she will take parenting classes to get her son back from foster care.
79. Any information regarding Foster has attracted extraordinary attention because he was a friend of Mrs Clinton and later committed suicide.
80. Her children were placed in foster care and she had no place to go.
81. Even though he did not actually advocate it, Locke certainly did much to foster such rational deism.
82. I did not intend to foster more armchair critics of the public schools either.
83. Foster parents were not always equipped to cope with the vagaries of their own children,(sentencedict.com) let alone the problems of outsiders.
84. They housed children who could not find foster parents or who were too old to fit easily into a new family environment.
85. Unlike Beattie, who was socialized into evangelicalism and unionism, Ivan Foster was recruited after a more dramatic conversion.
86. Young people in children's homes or foster care are deprived of books and the opportunity to share books with adults.
87. In December 1991 the local authority was granted emergency protection orders in respect of both boys and placed them with foster parents.
88. On that occasion, they returned to Berkeley with a coachload of other would-be foster parents empty-handed.
89. Guideline 7: Show your affection and foster your child's love and respect.
90. Just as parents should foster good nutrition from an early age, they should support and encourage healthy physical activity.
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