foray
a quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder: Vikings made a foray on the port.
a quick, sudden attack: The defenders made a foray outside the walls.
an initial venture: a successful foray into politics.
to make a raid; pillage; maraud.
to invade or make one's way, as for profit or adventure: foreign industries foraying into U.S. markets.
to ravage in search of plunder; pillage.
Origin of foray
1Other words for foray
Other words from foray
- for·ay·er, noun
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How to use foray in a sentence
But his first forays into film were forgettable comedies like Booty Call.
My Beats experience has been just as frustrating as my previous forays into streaming and downloading.
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Hanging Out With the Minds Behind Google Doodles and Chrome Experiments | Douglas Wolk | May 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut I do think that mindfulness meditation is very promising and I continue to try to make little forays into it.
A Q&A with Scott Stossel, Author of ‘My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind’ | Jesse Singal | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn Minnesota, Kempenich, brings groups into the forest 200 miles north of Minneapolis for overnight forays.
The Foraging Wars: Extreme Eating Hits California | Debra A. Klein | January 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The Caffres, however, were not prevented from reorganising themselves for fresh forays.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanThe Caffres continued to make forays within the colony, and to plunder cattle.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanThese forays were conducted in much more gentlemanly fashion than the harrying of the Christian valleys in the autumn of 1915.
The Cradle of Mankind | W.A. WigramBut this fort would now be a hindrance to such forays, and the slaveholders demanded that it should be destroyed.
Four American Indians | Edson L. WhitneyThere was, as yet, no great overpopulation of mountainous areas compelling raids or forays into piedmont zones.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe | John M. Tyler
British Dictionary definitions for foray
/ (ˈfɒreɪ) /
a short raid or incursion
a first attempt or new undertaking
to raid or ravage (a town, district, etc)
Origin of foray
1Derived forms of foray
- forayer, noun
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