Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to foster
Participle: fostered
Gerund: fostering
Indicative
Present
| I | foster |
| you | foster |
| he;she;it | fosters |
| we | foster |
| you | foster |
| they | foster |
Perfect
| I | have fostered |
| you | have fostered |
| he;she;it | has fostered |
| we | have fostered |
| you | have fostered |
| they | have fostered |
Past
| I | fostered |
| you | fostered |
| he;she;it | fostered |
| we | fostered |
| you | fostered |
| they | fostered |
Pluperfect
| I | had fostered |
| you | had fostered |
| he;she;it | had fostered |
| we | had fostered |
| you | had fostered |
| they | had fostered |
Future
| I | will foster |
| you | will foster |
| he;she;it | will foster |
| we | will foster |
| you | will foster |
| they | will foster |
Future Perfect
| I | will have fostered |
| you | will have fostered |
| he;she;it | will have fostered |
| we | will have fostered |
| you | will have fostered |
| they | will have fostered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | foster |
| you | foster |
| he;she;it | foster |
| we | foster |
| you | foster |
| they | foster |
Perfect
| I | have fostered |
| you | have fostered |
| he;she;it | have fostered |
| we | have fostered |
| you | have fostered |
| they | have fostered |
Imperfect
| I | fostered |
| you | fostered |
| he;she;it | fostered |
| we | fostered |
| you | fostered |
| they | fostered |
Pluperfect
| I | had fostered |
| you | had fostered |
| he;she;it | had fostered |
| we | had fostered |
| you | had fostered |
| they | had fostered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would foster |
| you | would foster |
| he;she;it | would foster |
| we | would foster |
| you | would foster |
| they | would foster |
Perfect
| I | would have fostered |
| you | would have fostered |
| he;she;it | would have fostered |
| we | would have fostered |
| you | would have fostered |
| they | would have fostered |
Imperative
| you | foster |
| we | Let's foster |
| you | foster |
Verbs conjugated like 'foster'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'foster'
fester,
fooster,
footer,
fuster,
poster,
roster,
bolster,
conster,
copter,
cosher,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to encourage, especially the growth or development of something
- feed, grow, nurture, promote, raise
- help
- advance, nurture, encourage, cultivate, favor, forward, further, patronize
- raise
- breed, nourish, nurse, rear, support, sustain
Antonyms
- to upset or make a mess of something; to put into disarray; to adversely alter
- aid, bolster, cultivate, hold up, nurture, prop up, support, sustain, spoil, uphold
- help
- hamper, counteract, combat, attack
- raise
- depress, decrease, degrade, debase
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
*fostrian "to supply with food, nourish, support," from
fostor "food, nourishment, bringing up," from P.Gmc.
*fostrom, from root
*foth-/*fod- (see food). Meaning "to bring up a child with parental care" is from c.1205; that of "to encourage or help grow" is c.1225 of things; 1570 of feelings, ideas, etc. O.E. also had the adj. meaning "in the same family but not related," in
fostorfæder, etc.
2. From Middle English foster, from Old English fōstor (“food, sustenance”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōstr, from Proto-Germanic *fōstrą (“nourishment, food”).
3. Cognate with Middle Dutch voester (“nursemaid”), Middle Low German vôster (“food”), Old Norse fóstr (“nurturing, education, alimony, child support”), Danish foster (“fetus”), Swedish foster (“fetus”).
Verbs referencing "foster"
Norwegian, nynorsk
fostra, Swedish
fostra.
Sample Sentences
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Some ſay that Rauens foſter forlorne children, / The whilſt their owne birds famiſh in their neſts: / Oh be to me though thy hard hart ſay no, / Nothing ſo kinde but ſomething pittiful. [c. 1588–1593, [William Shakespeare], The Most Lamentable Romaine Tragedie of Titus Andronicus: As It was Plaide by the Right Honourable the Earle of Darbie, Earle of Pembrooke, and Earle of Sussex Their Seruants (the First Quarto), London: Printed by Iohn Danter, and are to be sold by Edward White & Thomas Millington, at the little North doore of Paules at the signe of the Gunne, published 1594, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:]
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Our company fosters an appreciation for the arts.
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A flower beat with rain and wind,
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Which once she foster’d up with care [1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto VIII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 10:]
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And Time, which is the hound of Sish, devoured all things; and Sish sent up the ivy and fostered weeds, and dust fell from the hand of Sish and covered stately things. [1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC:]
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Grimsby doesn't ever wound quite as devastatingly as Borat or Brüno, but it's a vital, lavish, venomously profane two fingers up at Benefits Street pity porn and the social division it fosters. [2016 February 23, Robbie Collin, “Grimsby review: ‘Sacha Baron Cohen’s vital, venomous action movie’”, in The Daily Telegraph (London):]
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There Florimell, in her first ages flowre,
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And passing beautie did eftsoones reveale,
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Was fostered by those Graces [1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:]