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Määritelmät

Adjektiivit

1. Providing parental care to children not related to oneself.
2. Receiving such care.
3. Related by such care.

Substantiivit

1. (countable, informal) A foster parent.
2. (obsolete) A forester.
3. (uncountable) The care given to another; guardianship.

Verbit

1. (transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
2. (transitive) To promote the development of something; to cultivate and grow a thing.
3. (transitive) To nurse or cherish something.
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To be nurtured or trained up together.