A proper noun "foster" represents various places in the united states, including former settlements, unincorporated communities, townships, villages, and towns in multiple states, as well as a village in quebec, canada, and a town in victoria, australia.

(countable, informal) A foster parent.

(uncountable) The care given to another; guardianship.

(obsolete) A forester.

(transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.

(transitive) To cultivate and grow something.

(transitive) To nurse or cherish something.

(intransitive, obsolete) To be nurtured or trained up together.

Providing parental care to children not related to oneself.

Receiving such care.

Related by such care.