Fosteradjective
Providing parental care to children not related to oneself.
āfoster parentsā;
Surrogatenoun
A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).
āA mixture of horseradish and mustard often serves as a surrogate for wasabi.ā;
Fosteradjective
Receiving such care.
āa foster childā;
Surrogatenoun
A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate parent.
Fosteradjective
Related by such care.
āWe are a foster family.ā;
Surrogatenoun
A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.
Fosternoun
A foster parent.
āSome fosters end up adopting.ā;
Surrogatenoun
A politician or person of influence campaigning for a presidential candidate.
Fosternoun
(uncountable) The care given to another; guardianship.
Surrogatenoun
A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and intestate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.
Fosterverb
(transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
Surrogatenoun
(computing) Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.
Fosterverb
(transitive) To cultivate and grow something.
āOur company fosters an appreciation for the arts.ā;
Surrogatenoun
(economics) An ersatz good.
Fosterverb
(transitive) To nurse or cherish something.
Surrogatenoun
(databases) surrogate key.
Fosterverb
To be nurtured or trained up together.
Surrogateadjective
Of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute.
Fosterverb
To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up.
āSome say that ravens foster forlorn children.ā;
Surrogateverb
(transitive) To replace or substitute something with something else; to appoint a successor.
Fosterverb
To cherish; to promote the growth of; to encourage; to sustain and promote; as, to foster genius.
Surrogatenoun
A deputy; a delegate; a substitute.
Fosterverb
To be nourished or trained up together.
Surrogatenoun
The deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor, especially a deputy who grants marriage licenses.
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.
Surrogatenoun
In some States of the United States, an officer who presides over the probate of wills and testaments and yield the settlement of estates.
Fosternoun
A forester.
Surrogatenoun
a surrogate mother.
Fosternoun
United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864)
Surrogateverb
To put in the place of another; to substitute.
Fosterverb
promote the growth of;
āFoster our children's well-being and educationā;
Surrogatenoun
someone who takes the place of another person
Fosterverb
bring up under fosterage; of children
Surrogatenoun
a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
Fosterverb
help develop, help grow;
ānurture his talentsā;
Surrogateadjective
providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties;
āfoster parentā; āfoster childā; āfoster homeā; āsurrogate fatherā;
Fosteradjective
providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties;
āfoster parentā; āfoster childā; āfoster homeā; āsurrogate fatherā;