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Foster vs Undermind - What's the difference?

foster | undermind |

As a proper noun foster

is , variant of forster.

As a noun undermind is

the subconscious mind or self.

foster

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Providing parental care to unrelated children.
  • Receiving such care
  • Related by such care

    • Noun

  • (countable, obsolete) A forester
  • (uncountable) The care given to another; guardianship

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
  • To cultivate and grow something.
    • Our company fosters an appreciation for the arts.
  • To nurse or cherish something.
  • (obsolete) To be nurtured or trained up together.
    • (Spenser)

    Antonyms

    * (cultivate and grow) hinder

    Derived terms

    * fosterable * fosterage * foster-child, foster child * fosterer * foster home * fosterhood * fostering * fosterment * foster parent

    Anagrams

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    undermind

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The subconscious mind or self.
  • *1909 , Percy Dearmer, Body and soul :
    • The doctor assists the undermind', and his assistance is often utterly indispensable: for instance, he "sets" a broken limb, and gives the ' undermind every assistance, [...]
  • The unconscious mind; intuition.
  • *2010 , Fons Trompenaars, Charles Hampden-Turner, Riding the Waves of Innovation :
    • Others have named this "tortoise mind" as intuition, or the unconscious, and the id. Caxton goes on to name it the "undermind ."

    Synonyms

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    Antonyms

    * (l)