uppfostra — meaning in English

English meaning

• breed verb To produce offspring, especially of animals reproducing.
• 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.
• raise verb To move or lift something to a higher position.

Senses

uppfostra is used for these senses in English:

• breed To take care of in infancy and through childhood; to bring up.
• 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.
• raise To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.

breed — full definition

1. verb To produce offspring, especially of animals reproducing.
2. verb To keep and mate animals deliberately, aiming to produce specific traits in their offspring.
3. verb To cause or lead to something, especially something negative, over time.
4. noun A particular type of animal (or occasionally plant) within a species, produced through selective mating.

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