cross-foster in English

Forms: cross-fosters [present, singular, third-person], cross-fostering [participle, present], cross-fostered [participle, past], cross-fostered [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From cross- + foster. Etymology templates: {{af|en|cross-|foster}} cross- + foster Head templates: {{en-verb}} cross-foster (third-person singular simple present cross-fosters, present participle cross-fostering, simple past and past participle cross-fostered)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
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    },
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "To remove offspring from its biological mother to be reared by another, especially so as to equalize the numbers in litters."
      ],
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        ],
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          "reared",
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        ],
        [
          "equalize",
          "equalize"
        ],
        [
          "litter",
          "litter"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cross-foster"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      },
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    }
  ],
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "present"
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    },
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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    {
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        "To remove offspring from its biological mother to be reared by another, especially so as to equalize the numbers in litters."
      ],
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          "offspring"
        ],
        [
          "biological mother",
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        ],
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        ],
        [
          "equalize",
          "equalize"
        ],
        [
          "litter",
          "litter"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cross-foster"
}

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"cross-foster" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms