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Foster vs Unlock - What's the difference?

foster | unlock |

As a proper noun foster

is , variant of forster.

As a verb unlock is

to undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination.

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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    unlock

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination.
  • To obtain access to something.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Welcome to the plastisphere , passage=Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.}}
  • To disclose or reveal previously unknown knowledge.
  • To be or become unfastened or unrestrained.
  • *
  • He had come straight up without mishap or swerving off his course, and his shut teeth unlocked .