adj.
1.providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties foster n.
1.United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864) foster v.
1.promote the growth of
2.bring up under fosterage
3.help develop, help grow
Idiom of the Day
ways and means
the raising of money to pay for something
The woman does not have the ways and means to give her children a good education.