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"ref": "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]",
"text": "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.",
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"provide",
"provide"
],
[
"parental",
"parental"
],
[
"care",
"care#Noun"
],
[
"unrelated",
"unrelated"
],
[
"child",
"child"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otgleždam",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "отглеждам"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "griža se za",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "грижа се за"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "criar"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "pečovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "opfostre"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "verzorgen"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "opvoeden"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "kasvattaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "élever"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "adopter"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "criar"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "afillar"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "adoptar"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "aɣzrda",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "აღზრდა"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "(in Pflege) aufziehen"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "(in Pflege) großziehen"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anatréfo",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "ανατρέφω"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "istápol"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "felnevel"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "altramaigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "máithrigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "oil"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "allevare"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "adottare"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "nutrire"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "rafforzare"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "favorire"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "xwedî kirin"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "mezin kirin"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "vóspita",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "во́спита"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "vospítuva",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "воспи́тува"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "taurima"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "whāngai"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "fostren"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "abalir"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "noirir"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "criar"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vospítyvatʹ",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "воспи́тывать"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "altraim"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "criar"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "uppfostra"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "yetiştirmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "maethu"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Our company fosters an appreciation for the arts.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2016 February 23, Robbie Collin, “Grimsby review: ‘Sacha Baron Cohen’s vital, venomous action movie’”, in The Daily Telegraph (London)",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To promote the development of something; to cultivate and grow a thing."
],
"id": "en-foster-en-verb-Zcyhj1zJ",
"links": [
[
"promote",
"promote"
],
[
"development",
"development"
],
[
"cultivate",
"cultivate"
],
[
"grow",
"grow"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To promote the development of something; to cultivate and grow a thing."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "14 77 2 7",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otgleždam",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "отглеждам"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 2 7",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "cultivar"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 2 7",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "營造"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 2 7",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yíng zào",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "营造"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 2 7",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "kweken"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 2 7",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "aanmoedigen"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 2 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "vaalia"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 2 7",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "cultiver"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 2 7",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "c̣axaliseba",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "წახალისება"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 2 7",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "c̣akezeba",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "წაქეზება"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 2 7",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "pflegen"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 2 7",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "megalóno",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "μεγαλώνω"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 2 7",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "coltivare"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 2 7",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "accrescere"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 2 7",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "promuovere"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 2 7",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "xwedî kirin"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 2 7",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "mezin kirin"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 2 7",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "odgléduva",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "одгле́дува"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 2 7",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ódgleda",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "о́дгледа"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 2 7",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "ahu"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 2 7",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "ahuahu"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 2 7",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "fostren"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 2 7",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "cultivar"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 2 7",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "cultivar"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 2 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pooščrjátʹ",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "поощря́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 2 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "fomentar"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 2 7",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "beslemek"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 2 7",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "yetiştirmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 2 7",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "büyütmek"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To nurse or cherish something."
],
"id": "en-foster-en-verb-aQrG0fuH",
"links": [
[
"nurse",
"nurse#Verb"
],
[
"cherish",
"cherish"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To nurse or cherish something."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pitaja",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "питая"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "vaalia"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "hoivata"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "xelis gulze ṭareba",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "ხელის გულზე ტარება"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "loliaoba",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "ლოლიაობა"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "satutad movla",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "სათუთად მოვლა"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "nähren"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "fördern"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anatréfo",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "ανατρέφω"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "nutrire"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "accudire"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "curare"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "sostenere"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "incoraggiare"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "xwedî kirin"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "mezin kirin"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "néguva",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "не́гува"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "kumanu"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "rauhī"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "nutrir"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "cuidar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "leléjatʹ",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "леле́ять"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xólitʹ",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "хо́лить"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "altraim"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 96 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "beslemek"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To be nurtured or trained up together."
],
"id": "en-foster-en-verb-9ZzJXySz",
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, obsolete) To be nurtured or trained up together."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈfɒstə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈfɔstɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈfɑstɚ/",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"cot-caught-merger"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒstə(ɹ)"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-foster.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b1/En-us-foster.ogg/En-us-foster.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/En-us-foster.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "en-au-foster.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fc/En-au-foster.ogg/En-au-foster.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/En-au-foster.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "foster"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"forms": [
{
"form": "fosters",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "foster (plural fosters)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"A forester."
],
"id": "en-foster-en-noun-AhKmGKHO",
"links": [
[
"forester",
"forester"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) A forester."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
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{
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{
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"text": "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.",
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"type": "quotation"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "отглеждам"
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"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "грижа се за"
},
{
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"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "criar"
},
{
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"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "pečovat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "opfostre"
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"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "verzorgen"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "opvoeden"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "kasvattaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "élever"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "adopter"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "criar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "afillar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "adoptar"
},
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
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"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "აღზრდა"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "(in Pflege) aufziehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "(in Pflege) großziehen"
},
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
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"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "ανατρέφω"
},
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "istápol"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "felnevel"
},
{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "altramaigh"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "máithrigh"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "oil"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "allevare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "adottare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "nutrire"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
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{
"code": "it",
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"word": "favorire"
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"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "xwedî kirin"
},
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"code": "kmr",
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"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "mezin kirin"
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"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"tags": [
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"word": "во́спита"
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"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"tags": [
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"word": "воспи́тува"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "taurima"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "whāngai"
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{
"code": "enm",
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"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "fostren"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "abalir"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "noirir"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "criar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vospítyvatʹ",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "воспи́тывать"
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{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "altraim"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "criar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "uppfostra"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "yetiştirmek"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "maethu"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otgleždam",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "отглеждам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "cultivar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "營造"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yíng zào",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "营造"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "kweken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "aanmoedigen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "vaalia"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "cultiver"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "c̣axaliseba",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "წახალისება"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "c̣akezeba",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "წაქეზება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "pflegen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "megalóno",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "μεγαλώνω"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "coltivare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "accrescere"
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{
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{
"word": "fōstor"
}
],
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"Old English lemmas",
"Old English neuter a-stem nouns",
"Old English neuter nouns",
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"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
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"Alternative form of fōstor"
],
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[
"fōstor",
"fostor#Old English"
]
],
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"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈfoːs.ter/"
}
],
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}
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"2": "non",
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"4": "",
"5": "rear, raise"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
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"1": "sv",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*fōstrą"
},
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"name": "inh"
}
],
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{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sv-infl-noun-n-zero",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "foster",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fostret",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "foster",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fostren",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fosters",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fostrets",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "fosters",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fostrens",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
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"2": "nouns",
"3": "",
"g": "n",
"g2": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
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"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "n"
},
"expansion": "foster n",
"name": "sv-noun"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"stem": "fostr"
},
"name": "sv-infl-noun-n-zero"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "fosterbror"
},
{
"word": "fosterfördrivning"
},
{
"word": "fosterhem"
},
{
"word": "fostersyster"
},
{
"word": "fostra"
}
],
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{
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"Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"Swedish lemmas",
"Swedish neuter nouns",
"Swedish nouns",
"Swedish terms derived from Old Norse",
"Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"glosses": [
"fetus"
],
"links": [
[
"fetus",
"fetus"
]
],
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"neuter"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/fʊstɛr/"
}
],
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}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
"msg": "suspicious related form tags ('plural',): '*fostres' in 'foster (plural *fostres)'",
"path": [
"foster"
],
"section": "Middle English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "foster",
"trace": ""
}
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