Foray

Quick meaning: Foray is a noun meaning A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. A brief excursion or attempt, especially outside one's accustomed sphere.
2. To participate in a foray.
3. To do or attempt something outside one's typical area of expertise.
4. (transitive, archaic) To scour an area for goods as part of a foray.

Example Sentences

Bruce forayed Cumberland, and threatened Berwick, so that the poor Countess of Buchan was removed from thence to a more secure place of captivity.

He bad to open wyde his brazen gate, Which long time had bene shut, and out of hond Proclaymed joy and peace through all his state; For dead now was their foe which them forrayed late.

Bastian Schweinsteiger and Muller were among many who should have added the third, and City were limited to rare forays with the excellent Boateng pinching the ball off Aguero and Aleksandar Kolarov shooting wide in stoppage time.

The people of Granada resumed all at once their ancient activity, foraying into the Christian territories, surprising Alhendin and some other places of less importance, and stirring up the spirit of revolt in Guadix and other conquered cities.

Word Forms

• forays
• forrey
• foraying
• forayed

Synonyms for foray

Depending on context, synonyms include plunder, reave, loot, strip, ransack, pillage.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include raid, ransack, pillage, plunder, maraud, reave.

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