foray
A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfareA sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.
Meaning
2 sensesA sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.
plötzlicher Überfall, überraschender Überfall
набе́гnabég, нападе́ниеnapadénije
A brief excursion or attempt, especially outside one's accustomed sphere.
kurzer Ausfall, Streifzug
вы́лазкаvýlazka, попы́ткаpopýtka
an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence)
Examples
3 sentencesIs this your first foray into magic?
Her brief foray into painting produced only one completed work.
Based on initial data analysis, the collared bears rarely forayed outside the park.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English forrayen (“to pillage”), a back-formation of forrayour, forreour, forrFrom Middle English forrayen (“to pillage”), a back-formation of forrayour, forreour, forrier (“raider, pillager”), from Old French forrier, fourrier, a derivative of fuerre (“provender, fodder, straw”), from Frankish *fōdar (“fodder, sheath”), from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“fodder, feed, sheath”), from Proto-Indo-European *patrom (“fodder”), *pat- (“to feed”), *pāy- (“to guard, graze, feed”).
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