Foster vs. Orphan

Fosteradjective

Providing parental care to children not related to oneself.

Fosteradjective

Receiving such care.

Fosteradjective

Related by such care.

Fosternoun

A foster parent.

Fosternoun

(uncountable) The care given to another; guardianship.

Fosterverb

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

Fosterverb

(transitive) To cultivate and grow something.

Fosterverb

(transitive) To nurse or cherish something.

Fosterverb

To be nurtured or trained up together.

Fosterverb

To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up.

Fosterverb

To cherish; to promote the growth of; to encourage; to sustain and promote; as, to foster genius.

Fosterverb

To be nourished or trained up together.

Fosteradjective

Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; - applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood.

Fosternoun

A forester.

Fosternoun

United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864)

Fosterverb

promote the growth of;

Fosterverb

bring up under fosterage; of children

Fosterverb

help develop, help grow;

Fosteradjective

providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties;

Orphannoun

A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.

Orphannoun

A person, especially a minor, whose parents have permanently abandoned them.

Orphannoun

A young animal with no mother.

Orphannoun

(figuratively) Anything that is unsupported, as by its source, provider or caretaker, by reason of the supporter's demise or decision to abandon.

Orphannoun

(typography) A single line of type, beginning a paragraph, at the bottom of a column or page.

Orphannoun

(computing) Any unreferenced object.

Orphanadjective

Deprived of parents (also orphaned).

Orphanadjective

Remaining after the removal of some form of support.

Orphanverb

(transitive) To deprive of parents used almost exclusively in the passive

Orphanverb

To make unavailable, as by removing the last remaining pointer or reference to.

Orphannoun

A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living.

Orphanadjective

Bereaved of parents, or (sometimes) of one parent.

Orphanverb

To cause to become an orphan; to deprive of parents.

Orphannoun

a child who has lost both parents

Orphannoun

someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision

Orphannoun

the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column

Orphannoun

a young animal without a mother

Orphanverb

deprive of parents

Orphanadjective

deprived of parents by death or desertion

Orphan

An orphan (from the Greek: ορφανός, romanized: orphanós) is a child whose parents have died, are unknown, or have permanently abandoned them.In common usage, only a child who has lost both parents due to death is called an orphan. When referring to animals, only the mother's condition is usually relevant (i.e.