foray
21foray — n. & v. n. a sudden attack; a raid or incursion. v.intr. make or go on a foray. Etymology: ME, prob. earlier as verb: back form. f. forayer f. OF forrier forager, rel. to FODDER …
22Foray (surname) — Foray is a surname, and may refer to:* Cyril Foray (1934 2003), Sierra Leonean educator, politician, diplomat and historian * Dominique Foray (21st century), French economist * June Foray (born 1917), American voice actress …
23foray — 1. noun /ˈfɒ.ɹeɪ,ˈfɔːɹ.eɪ/ a) A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid. b) A brief ex …
24foray — Synonyms and related words: air attack, air raid, air strike, banditry, board, boarding, brigandage, brigandism, depredate, depredation, despoil, despoiling, despoilment, despoliation, direption, escalade, fire raid, fleece, forage, foraging,… …
25foray — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. & v. i. raid, attack; pillage (see stealing). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. raid, invasion, incursion, venture; see attack 1 , venture . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. raid, plunder, pillage, ransack,… …
26foray — for|ay [ fɔ,reı ] noun count 1. ) an attempt at doing something new or something you do not usually do: Anna s forays into cooking were never very successful. 2. ) a sudden quick attack on an enemy 3. ) a short trip ╾ for|ay verb intransitive …
27foray — see FOOD forbid 226 …
28foray — for·ay || fÉ‘reɪ / fÉ‘r n. raid, quick attack; excursion, experimental attempt v. raid, attack; invade …
29foray — n. Inroad, irruption, raid, piratical invasion, hostile incursion, predatory incursion …
30foray — n 1. raid, incursion, invasion, razzia, inroad, irruption; charge, thrust, sortie, sally. 2. attack, assault, encounter, offensive, onset, onslaught, skirmish; intrusion, encroachment, trespass. v 3. raid, attack, assault, assail, rush, storm;… …
