opvoeden — meaning in English
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English meaning
- educate verb To teach or train someone, giving them knowledge or skills.
- foster verb To raise or care for a child who is not biologically one's own.
- fostering noun The practice of raising a child who is not one's biological offspring.
- rear verb To bring up and care for a child or young animal until maturity.
Senses
opvoeden is used for these senses in English:
- bring up To raise or rear (children).
- educate (transitive) To instruct or train.
- foster (transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
- fostering raising someone to be an accepted member of the community.
- rear (transitive) To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
- upbreed (transitive, archaic) To rear, or bring up; to nurse.
foster — full definition
- verb To raise or care for a child who is not biologically one's own.
- verb To help something grow or develop, such as a skill, relationship, or idea.
- adj Describing a family relationship based on care rather than blood, as in foster parent or foster child.