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"code": "bg",
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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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"word": "грижа се за"
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"lang": "Czech",
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"word": "pečovat"
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"code": "da",
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"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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"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",
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "élever"
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{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
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"lang": "French",
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"word": "adopter"
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"word": "criar"
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"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "afillar"
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"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",
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"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"
},
{
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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) großziehen"
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{
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"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"
},
{
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"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"
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{
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "máithrigh"
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"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "oil"
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{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "it",
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"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"
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{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
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"word": "rafforzare"
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{
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"word": "favorire"
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"word": "xwedî kirin"
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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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"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "vóspita",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
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"word": "во́спита"
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{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
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"word": "taurima"
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{
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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": "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",
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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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{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
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"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "acoger"
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{
"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
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"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "cobijar"
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"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "uppfostra"
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"_dis1": "93 3 1 3",
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"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "yetiştirmek"
},
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"_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"
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"text": "Our company fosters an appreciation for the arts.",
"type": "example"
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"ref": "1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto VIII, page 10:",
"text": "A flower beat with rain and wind,\nWhich once she foster’d up with care",
"type": "quote"
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{
"ref": "1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC:",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quote"
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{
"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": "quote"
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"_dis1": "14 77 3 6",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otgleždam",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "отглеждам"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 3 6",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "cultivar"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 3 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yíng zào",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "營造 /营造"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "kweken"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "aanmoedigen"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "vaalia"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 3 6",
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "cultiver"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 3 6",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "c̣axaliseba",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "წახალისება"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 3 6",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "c̣akezeba",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "წაქეზება"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 3 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "pflegen"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 3 6",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "megalóno",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "μεγαλώνω"
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{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "coltivare"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 3 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "accrescere"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 3 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "promuovere"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 3 6",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "xwedî kirin"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 3 6",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "mezin kirin"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 3 6",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "odgléduva",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "одгле́дува"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 3 6",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ódgleda",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "о́дгледа"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 3 6",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "ahu"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 3 6",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "ahuahu"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 3 6",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "fostren"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 3 6",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "cultivar"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 3 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "cultivar"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 3 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pooščrjátʹ",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "поощря́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 3 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "fomentar"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 77 3 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "propiciar"
},
{
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"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": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "acoger"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child",
"word": "cobijar"
},
{
"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",
"roman": "yíng zào",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "營造 /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"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "promuovere"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "xwedî kirin"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "mezin kirin"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "odgléduva",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "одгле́дува"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ódgleda",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "о́дгледа"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "ahu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "ahuahu"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "fostren"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "cultivar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "cultivar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pooščrjátʹ",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "поощря́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "fomentar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "propiciar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "promover"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "incentivar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "alentar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "alimentar"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "beslemek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "yetiştirmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to cultivate and grow something",
"word": "büyütmek"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pitaja",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "питая"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "vaalia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "hoivata"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "xelis gulze ṭareba",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "ხელის გულზე ტარება"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "loliaoba",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "ლოლიაობა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "satutad movla",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "სათუთად მოვლა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "nähren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "fördern"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anatréfo",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "ανατρέφω"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "nutrire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "accudire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "curare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "sostenere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "incoraggiare"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "xwedî kirin"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "mezin kirin"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "néguva",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "не́гува"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "kumanu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "rauhī"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "nutrir"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "cuidar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "leléjatʹ",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "леле́ять"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xólitʹ",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "хо́лить"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "altraim"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to nurse or cherish something",
"word": "beslemek"
}
],
"word": "foster"
}
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"Pages with 7 entries",
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"Rhymes:English/ɒstə(ɹ)",
"Rhymes:English/ɒstə(ɹ)/2 syllables"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"forms": [
{
"form": "fosters",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"args": {},
"expansion": "foster (plural fosters)",
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}
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"categories": [
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"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:",
"text": "A griesly Foster forth did rush.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A forester."
],
"links": [
[
"forester",
"forester"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) A forester."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈfɒstə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈfɔstɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈfɑstɚ/",
"tags": [
"cot-caught-merger"
]
},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/En-us-foster.ogg"
},
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"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"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒstə(ɹ)"
}
],
"word": "foster"
}
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