(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
Foster parents are people who officially take a child into their family for a period of time, without becoming the child’s legal parents. The child is referred to as their ~ child.
Little Jack was placed with ~ parents...
ADJ: ADJ n
2.
If you ~ a child, you take it into your family for a period of time, without becoming its legal parent.
She has since gone on to find happiness by ~ing more than 100 children.
VERB: V n
3.
To ~ something such as an activity or idea means to help it to develop.
He said that developed countries had a responsibility to ~ global economic growth to help new democracies...
VERB: V n