foray
(noun) an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence); “scientists’ forays into politics”
foray, raid, maraud
(noun) a sudden short attack
foray
(verb) briefly enter enemy territory
plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
(verb) steal goods; take as spoils; “During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
foray (plural forays)
A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.
A brief excursion or attempt, especially outside one's accustomed sphere.
foray (third-person singular simple present forays, present participle foraying, simple past and past participle forayed)
(transitive) To scour (an area or place) for food, treasure, booty etc.
(intransitive) To pillage; to ravage.
Source: Wiktionary
For"ay, n. Etym: [Another form of forahe. Cf. Forray.]
Definition: A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid. Spenser. The huge Earl Doorm, . . . Bound on a foray, rolling eyes of prey. Tennyson.
For"ay, v. t.
Definition: To pillage; to ravage. He might foray our lands. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
