Foster

Expressions using "foster": be foster parents to ♦ Foster babe ♦ Foster brother ♦ Foster child ♦ Foster City ♦ Foster County ♦ Foster dam ♦ Foster earth ♦ Foster Falls ♦ Foster father ♦ Foster Grandparents ♦ foster home ♦ Foster Home Care ♦ foster hope ♦ foster hopes ♦ Foster land ♦ Foster lean ♦ Foster mother ♦ Foster nurse ♦ Foster parent ♦ foster parents ♦ Foster sister ♦ Foster son ♦ John Foster Dulles ♦ Placement of Foreign Foster Children Act ♦ Stephen Collins Foster ♦ Stephen Foster. Additional references.

Beginning with "foster": foster-brother, foster-care, foster-child, foster-children, foster-daughter, foster-father, foster-mother, foster-mum, foster-nurse, foster-parent, foster-parents, Foster-rowe, foster-sister, foster-son, foster-sons.

Ending with "foster": odell-foster.

Afrikaans

pleegouers (foster-parents). (various references)

Albanian

Ushqej (cherish, feed, forage, nourish, nurse, prime, Stoke), Kujdesem Për (cater, cater for, do for, look after, mother, nurse, provide, provide for, see about, see to, take care of, tend), I Birësuar, Edukoj (breed, bring up, educate, rear, urbanize). (various references)

Arabic 

‏تبنى (adopt, embrace, espousal, espouse, take on, take over), ‏عزز (abound, bear out, boost, build, carry, cement, confirm, consolidate, corroborate, enhance, extend, help, promote, ram, reinforce, sustain, underpin), ‏أنشأ (construct, cradle, evolve, fabricate, father, form, found, founder, germinate, institute, nurture, organize, originate, plant, start, structure, work up), ‏رعى (cherish, cultivate, grass, groom, heed, inculcate, nurse, nurture, pasture, patronize, see to, shepherd, sponsor, take care of, tend), ‏رضع (nurse, suck, suckle), ‏ربى (bred, breed, bring up, cradle, educate, invest, keep, nourish, nurse, nurture, raise, rear, school, sprout, tutor), ‏شجع (animate, cheer, comfort, countenance, cultivate, embolden, encourage, feed, fortify, hearten, inspirit, instigation, invite, nerve, promote, root, spur, support). (various references)

Bulgarian 

Насърчавам (Favor), Храня, �"ледам, Благоприятствувам За. (various references)

Chinese 

養育 (rear), 助長 (encourage, foment), 扶植 (support), 养育 (Nourish, Nourished, Nourishing, upbringing), �"�育 (feed, nurture). (various references)

Czech

Vzít Se Do Opatrování, Rozvíjet (amplify, develop, unwind), Povzbuzovat (exhort, invite), Podporovat (back, back up, encourage, further, hold up, patronize, promote, side, sponsor, support, sustain, uphold), Chovat (breed, cradle, entertain, Harbor, harbour, rear), Živit. (various references)

Danish

Foster-Seeley-diskriminator (Foster-Seeley discriminator), Foster King system (Foster King system), TACIS-programmet for udvikling af demokratiet (TACIS programme to foster democracy), suttespand til lam (foster mother, lamb drinker), plejehjem (foster home), plejeforælder (foster parent), plejefamilie (foster family). (various references)

Dutch

Federatie Pleegzorg (Foster Care Federation), Foster King-systeem (Foster King system), Foster-Seeleydiscriminator (Foster-Seeley discriminator), Pleegkinderenwet (Foster Children Act), Innovatieprogramma Pleegzorg (Foster Care Innovation Programme), kindertehuis (children's home, foster home), discriminator van Foster-Seeley (Foster-Seeley discriminator), pleeggezin (foster family, foster home), zuigfles voor lammeren (foster mother, lamb drinker), pleegouder (foster parent), pleegouders (foster-parents), TACIS-programma betreffende de ontwikkeling van de democratie (TACIS programme to foster democracy), Vereniging van en voor Jongeren in Pleeggezinnen (Association of and for Young People in Foster Families), Wet opneming buitenlandse pleegkinderen (Placement of Foreign Foster Children Act), zoogzuster (foster sister), Nederlandse Vereniging van Pleegouders (Dutch Association of Foster Parents). (various references)

Esperanto

adoptaj gepatroj (foster-parents). (various references)

Farsi 

پرورش دادن (Develop, Inbreed), پرستار (Nurse, Sister), نسل (Race, Slip), غذادادن (Grub, Nourish), غذا (Cuisine, Dish, Fuel, Meal, Meat, Nourishment, Nurture, Nutrition, Provender, Viand), شیردادن (Lactate), دایه (Nurse, Nursemaid), بچه سرراهی (Waif). (various references)

Finnish

ravita (feed, nourish, satisfy, support). (various references)

French

Favoriser, Encourager (fortify), Élever Sans Obligation D'adoption, Élever. (various references)

German

Pflegen (attend, be accustomed, be in the habit, care for, cherish, cultivate, groom, keep up, look after, maintain, nourish, nurse, nursing, observe, soigne, tend, tend to, to cherish, to nurse, to soigne, use to), Aufziehen (arrange, back, breed, bring up, come up, draw back, draw up, educate, haul up, hoist, hoist up, Josh, kid, lead on, let up, make fun of, march up, mother, Mount, mounting, pull open, pull up, put on, rag, raise, ravel out, razz, rear, set up, slip on, strech, stretch, tease, to razz, to twit, to wind up, twit, uncork, undo, unravel, untie, wind, wind up, zoom out). (various references)

Greek 

υιοθετώ (adopt, affiliate, espouse), ευνοώ (befriend, favour, grace), ανατρέφω (breed, bring up, fledge, nurture, raise, rear), Ανατρέφω, Θετόσ, θετός (adoptive), � εριθάλπτω. (various references)

Hebrew 

ּק�"ם, ּאמון, ּטפח. (various references)

Hungarian

Felnevel (bring up, grow up, to fetch up, to foster, to nurse, to nurture, to raise, to rear, to uprear), Tápot Ad (fed, to feed, to foster), Táplál (feed, nourish, to bring up a child by hand, to feed a child by hand, to fester, to foster, to nourish, to nurture, to victual), Támogat (abet, advocate, aid, assist, back, back up, bear up, befriend, bolster, champion, espouse, Favor, favour, further, help, hold up, lean, maintain, promote, provide support, reinforce, side, stand for, stick by, subsidize, support, sustain, to advocate, to aid, to assist, to back up, to bolster up, to come out for sy, to espouse, to faster, to favor, to flank, to foster, to further, to give countenance to sy, to hold up, to patronize, to second, to side with sy, to subserve, to subsidize, to succour, to support, to thicken, upbear, uphold), Istápol (to foster), Elõsegít (facilitate, foment, redound, subserve), Elõmozdít (facilitate, forward, promote, prosper, push on), Dajkaságba Vesz (to foster). (various references)

Indonesian

menaruh (nurture, set), memupuk (cultivate, fertilize, manure), memberanikan (encourage, infatuate). (various references)

Italian

Fomentare (encourage, ferment, foment), Favorire (accommodate, encourage, favor, favour, further, grace, help, patronise, patronize, promote, support), Tutela (buckram, defence, defense, guardianship, protection, safeguard, tutelage, ward, wardship), orchestrare (arrange, orchestrate, razz, score), Incoraggiare (animate, bear up, cheer, embolden, encourage, hearted, hearten, urge), Allevare (breed, bring up, cultivate, farm, grow, nurse, nurture, raise, rear, train), Adottivo (adopted, adoptive). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

苗木�'培う (to foster a seedling), 乳兄弟 (foster brother and sister), 愛国心�'培う (to foster a patriotic spirit), フェルミ�'子 (a walk, fall, fault, fault-tolerance, fauvisme, fellowship, fence, fencing, fender, Fermi particle, ferret, ferro-alloy, foam, foam rubber, focus, Fodor, fog, fog lamp, fog light, foie gras, folder, folk, folk art, folk dance, folk song, folklore, follow, follow wind, follow-through, followup, follow-up, fondue, font, force, force-out, ford, fore, forecast, foreground, forehand, foreman, forge, fork, fork ball, forklift, forklore, form, formal, formal dress, formal wear, formalism, format, formation, formatter, formatting, form-feed, formula car, formula plan, formula translation, forte, FORTRAN, fortune, forum, forward, forward pass, forwarding, fossa magna, foster child, foster parent, four nines, fox-trot, Fuji, Fuji-TV, pheromone, phone, phonograph, photo, photo library, photo realism, photo story, photo studio, photochromic glass, photocoupler, photodiode, photogenic, photogenie, photograph, photographer, photography, photogravure, photoresist, phototransistor, Volkswagen, VW), 培う (to cultivate, to foster), 義母 (foster mother, mother-in-law, step mother), 義父 (father-in-law, foster father, stepfather), 親代わり (foster parent), 育ての親 (foster parents), 仮の親 (expedient parent, foster parent), 育て親　 (foster parent), 貰い子 (adopted child, foster child), 養い子 (foster child), 養い親 (foster parents, godparents), 養い育てる (to bring up, to foster, to rear), 養女 (adopted daughter, foster daughter), 養母 (adoptive mother, foster mother), 養父 (adoptive father, foster father), 里子 (foster-child), 里親 (foster parent), 育て親 (foster parent). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

つちかう (to cultivate, to foster), ようじょ (adopted daughter, enchantress, foster daughter, little girl, vamp), ようふ (adoptive father, enchantress, foster father), ようぼ (adoptive mother, foster mother), もらい�" (adopted child, foster child), やしない�" (foster child), やしないそ� てる (to bring up, to foster, to rear), やしないおや (foster parents, godparents), ちきょう� い (foster brother and sister), かりのおや (expedient parent, foster parent), ぎぼ (foster mother, mother-in-law, step mother), さと�" (foster-child), さとおや (foster parent), そ� てのおや (foster parents), そ� ておや (foster parent), フォスターチャイルド (foster child), フォスターペアレント (foster parent), おやがわり (foster parent), ぎふ (father-in-law, foster father, Gifu, stepfather), あい�"くし�"�'つちかう (to foster a patriotic spirit). (various references)

Korean 

기르�" (Reared). (various references)

Manx

greesaghey (abet, accelerate, agitate, drive, egg on, excitation, excite, excitement, fire, fire enthusiasm, foment, fomentation, incentive, incite, instigate, instigation, press, prod, provocation, provoke, stir, stir up), doltit, doltey (adopt, adopted child, cadet, initiate, initiation, protege, pupil, ward), doltaghey (fostering). (various references)

Maya

tzeen (foster parent). (various references)

Norwegian

fostre, oppmuntre (encourage, hearten, lighten), ha i pleie. (various references)

Pig Latin

osterfay.(various references)

Portuguese

nutrir (bear, bosom, cherish, feed, harbor, harbour, nourish, nurse, nurture), manter (abide, contend, feed, go ahead, hang onto, have, hold, hold down, keep, keep on, maintain, nourish, persist, preserve, retain, support, sustain, vie), criar (beget, breed, bring up, coin, cradle, create, educate, form, generate, keep, make, make up, mint, nurture, originate, preserve, raise, rear), amimar (cocker, coddle, featherbed, fondle, lap, molly-coddle, pamper, pet), alimentar (aliment, diet, fare, feed, food, forage, nourish, nurture, nutritive), adotivo (adopted, adoptive, inspection), adotar (adopt, embrace, father). (various references)

Romanian

Se Îngriji De, Pãrinte Vitreg, Ocroti (befriend, cradle, defend, patronize, safeguard, shelter, shield), Nutri (bear, cherish, eat, entertain, feed, foster hopes, Harbor, harbour, nourish, nurse, nurture), Hrãni (carry, cherish, feed, fill, grub, Harbor, harbour, nourish, nurture, suckle), Întreţine. (various references)

Russian 

способствовать;лелеять приемный, Питать, Лелеять, �'оспитывать. (various references)

Scottish

altrum (cherish, fostering, nurse, rear). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

gajiti (cherish, cultivate, harbor, harbour, keep up, raise). (various references)

Spanish

Fomentar (advance, brew, develop, drum up, encourage, farther, foment, further, nourish, patronize, promote, push, sponsor, work up), Promover (advance, assist, boost, encourage, expedite, farther, forward, further, help, help along, initiate, pioneer, promote, sponsor, to support), Criar (breed, bring up, clone, create, engender, grow, keep, manufacture, nurture, produce, raise, ranch, rear, suckle, to create, to generate), alzar (come up, cut, decollate, draw up, elevate, get up, hitch up, hoist, hold up, lift, lift up, put up, raise, raise up, razz, rear, set up, sling), Acoger A Una Familia. (various references)

Swedish

fostra (breed, bring up, form, rear, train). (various references)

Thai

เลี้ยง�"ูเ�"็ก. (various references)

Turkish

Teşvik Etmek (abet, cheer, cheer on, countenance, draw, egg, egg on, embolden, encourage, fillip, ginger, ginger up, give a fillip to, give countenance to, goad, goad on, incite, induce, inspirit, instigate, keep smb. in countenance, lend countenance to, lend wings to, prod, prompt, put a premium on, put smb. on his mettle, revitalize, set on, sharpen, spark, spoonfeed, spur, spur smb. on, stimulate, stir up, tickle up, urge), Gayretlendirmek, Beslemek (breed, bring up, cherish, embrace, feed, Harbor, harbour, nourish, nurse, nurture, raise, suckle), Bakmak (answer, attend, behold, care for, concern oneself, consider, consult, deem, do for, face, feed, fend for, find, front, front on to, give a look, groom, have a frontage on, have a look-see, keep, look, look after, look at, look on, look out, look through, look upon, maintain, make sure, nurse, overlook, put out to nurse, refer, regard, scan, see, see to, set eyes on, sight, sit in, suckle, superintend, supervise, support, survey, take a gander, take a look, take a look at, tend, turn up, view, wait on, wait upon, watch), Büyütmek (aggrandize, amplify, augment, blow up, bring up, dilate, dramatize, enhance, enlarge, exaggerate, expand, glorify, greaten, grow, magnify, make big, make the most of, nourish, nurture, overstate, raise, rear, rebore, soup up). (various references)

Ukrainian

Пестити, �'иховувати, �'иходжувати. (various references)

Vietnamese 

mẹ nuôi vú nuôi (foster-mother), mẹ nuôi (foster-parent), em nuôi (foster-brother, foster-sister), con trai nuôi (foster-son), con nuôi (adoptee, foster-child, fosterling), con gái nuôi (foster-daughter), chịu nuôi (foster-sister), bố nuôi (foster-father, foster-parent), anh nuôi (foster-brother). (various references)

Welsh

meithrin (nurture, rear), coledd (cherish), arail (attending, care for, cultivate, guard). (various references)

colam, colamus, colant, colas, colatis, colebant, colebantur, colebat, colendi, colendum, colens, colent, colentibus, colentis, colentium, colere, colerent, coles, colet, colimus, colit, colitis, colitur, colius, colo, color, colueris, coluerisque, colueritis, coluerunt, coluistis, coluit, colunt, confotum, culti, cultu, cultum, cultura, culturae, culturam, cultus, exculta, foras, foris, foro, fota, foveam, foveas, foveat, fovebuntur, foveris, fovet, fovit, nutrire. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "foster": fosterage, fosterages, fostered, fosterer, fosterers, fostering, fosterling, fosterlings, fosters. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Foster" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Eostre, festery, Finster, Fister, Foister, fooster, foostier, foptur, forsteri, Forter, foser, Fosker, fozier, funster, fuste, futer, Goostrey, goster, Gostner, Kostner, noster, ofsted, ostar, oster, zoster, Zostera. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: fetors, forest, fortes, softer.

-1 letter: fetor, fores, forte, forts, frets, froes, frost, ofter, roset, rotes, store, tores, torse.

-2 letters: efts, eros, erst, fets, foes, fore, fort, fret, froe, ores, orts, refs, reft, rest, rets, roes, rose, rote, rots, serf, soft, sore, sort, toes, tore, tors, tref.

-3 letters: efs, eft, ers, fer, fet, foe, for, fro, oes, oft, ore.

+1 letter: defrost, efforts, florets, foetors, footers, forests, forgets, forties, fosters, frontes, frosted, lofters, twofers.

+2 letters: afforest, coffrets, crofters, deforest, defrosts, fagoters, felworts, firepots, floaters, flouters, footlers, footrest, footsore, forecast, foreguts, foremast, foremost, forepast, forestal, forestay, forested, forester, forestry, foretops, forfeits, forkiest, formates, forspent, fortress, fortunes, fostered, fosterer, fretsome, frosteds, frostier, frowsted, fructose, outfires, overfast, oversoft, pieforts, pomfrets, poofters, postfire, refloats, reforest, refronts, rotifers, seafront, setiform, softener, software, telfords, trefoils, troffers.