kweken — meaning in English

English meaning

• foster verb To raise or care for a child who is not biologically one's own.
• grow verb To increase in size, amount, or extent over time.
• rear verb To bring up and care for a child or young animal until maturity.

Senses

kweken is used for these senses in English:

• foster (transitive) To promote the development of something; to cultivate and grow a thing.
• grow (transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
• rear (transitive, literary) To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.

foster — full definition

1. verb To raise or care for a child who is not biologically one's own.
2. verb To help something grow or develop, such as a skill, relationship, or idea.
3. adj Describing a family relationship based on care rather than blood, as in foster parent or foster child.

grow — full definition

1. verb To increase in size, amount, or extent over time.
2. verb To develop or mature, physically or personally.
3. verb To cultivate plants or cause them to develop.
4. verb To gradually come to have a quality or feeling.

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