The act of fostering another's child as if it were one's own.
The act of promoting or encouraging something.
The act of caring for another human being or animal.
The condition of being the foster child.
Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity
Collection or gathering, especially of money.
Elevation.
The process of deepening colours in dyeing.
A sound change in which a vowel or consonant becomes higher or raised, meaning that the tongue becomes more elevated or positioned closer to the roof of the mouth than before.
The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
Recruitment.
The operation or work of setting up the frame of a building.
The substance used to make bread rise.
The movement of an argument from an embedded or subordinate clause to a matrix or main clause.