Foster vs. Cultivate

Fosteradjective

Providing parental care to children not related to oneself.

‘foster parents’;

Cultivateverb

To grow plants, notably crops

‘Most farmers in this region cultivate maize.’;

Fosteradjective

Receiving such care.

‘a foster child’;

Cultivateverb

To nurture; to foster; to tend.

‘They tried to cultivate an interest in learning among their students.’;

Fosteradjective

Related by such care.

‘We are a foster family.’;

Cultivateverb

To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting.

Fosternoun

A foster parent.

‘Some fosters end up adopting.’;

Cultivateverb

To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil.

Fosternoun

(uncountable) The care given to another; guardianship.

Cultivateverb

To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to foster; to cherish.

‘Leisure . . . to cultivate general literature.’;

Fosterverb

(transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.

Cultivateverb

To seek the society of; to court intimacy with.

‘I ever looked on Lord Keppel as one of the greatest and best men of his age; and I loved and cultivated him accordingly.’;

Fosterverb

(transitive) To cultivate and grow something.

‘Our company fosters an appreciation for the arts.’;

Cultivateverb

To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to; to civilize; to refine.

‘To cultivate the wild, licentious savage.’; ‘The mind of man hath need to be prepared for piety and virtue; it must be cultivated to the end.’;

Fosterverb

(transitive) To nurse or cherish something.

Cultivateverb

To raise or produce by tillage; to care for while growing; as, to cultivate corn or grass.

Fosterverb

To be nurtured or trained up together.

Cultivateverb

foster the growth of

Fosterverb

To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up.

‘Some say that ravens foster forlorn children.’;

Cultivateverb

prepare for crops;

‘Work the soil’; ‘cultivate the land’;

Fosterverb

To cherish; to promote the growth of; to encourage; to sustain and promote; as, to foster genius.

Cultivateverb

train to be discriminative in taste or judgment;

‘Cultivate your musical taste’; ‘Train your tastebuds’; ‘She is well schooled in poetry’;

Fosterverb

To be nourished or trained up together.

Cultivateverb

adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment;

‘domesticate oats’; ‘tame the soil’;

Fosteradjective

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.

Fosternoun

A forester.

Fosternoun

United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864)

Fosterverb

promote the growth of;

‘Foster our children's well-being and education’;

Fosterverb

bring up under fosterage; of children

Fosterverb

help develop, help grow;

‘nurture his talents’;

Fosteradjective

providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties;

‘foster parent’; ‘foster child’; ‘foster home’; ‘surrogate father’;