foray

[For·ay]

Foray means brief excursion. If you're in the army, that's a literal excursion into enemy territory. For the rest of us, it means trying something out. "My foray into rugby ended with my spending a week in the hospital."

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A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.

Noun
an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence); "scientists'' forays into politics"

Noun
a sudden short attack

Verb
briefly enter enemy territory

Verb
steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"


n.
A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.

v. t.
To pillage; to ravage.


Foray

For"ay (?; 277), n. [Another form of forahe. Cf. Forray.] 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.

Foray

For"ay, v. t. To pillage; to ravage.
He might foray our lands.

A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.

To pillage; to ravage.

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