adopt out (English, verb)
expansion: adopt out (third-person singular simple present adopts out, present participle adopting out, simple past and past participle adopted out)
Senses:
glosses: To expel a child from a family by placing them for adoption; to put a child up for adoption privately, without going through an adoption agency.
glosses: To send a son or daughter away to live in another country. (Used with to).
glosses: To send a child to be adopted by family of a different culture and ethnicity.
Forms:
form: adopts out
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: adopting out
tags: participle
present
form: adopted out
tags: participle
past
form: adopted out
tags: past