Definitions for foray
ˈfɔr eɪ, ˈfɒr eɪfor·ay

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. foray, raid, maraudnoun

   a sudden short attack

2. forayverb

   an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence)

   "scientists' forays into politics"

3. plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, forayverb

   steal goods; take as spoils

   "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

4. forayverb

   briefly enter enemy territory

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. foraynoun

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

2. foraynoun

   A brief excursion or attempt especially outside one's accustomed sphere.

3. forayverb

   To scour (an area or place) for food, treasure, booty etc.

4. forayverb

   To pillage; to ravage.

5. Etymology: From forrayen, a back-formation of forrayour, forreour, forrier, from forrier, fourrier, a derivative of fuerre, of origin, from *, from fōdran, from patrom. Cognate with fuotar (Futter), fodor, foþor, voeder, foder, fóðr. More at fodder, food.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Foray

   A foray (Polish: zajazd, Belarusian: наезд, Ukrainian: наїзд) was a traditional method of law enforcement in Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. In view of the weakness of the executive in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, it was used by members of the szlachta to defend their rights. In legal practice, foray was sanctioned by starosta officials, and was the fourth step in the execution of a legal ruling. After the guilty party refused to abandon the disputed property, starosta would call his supporters as well as opponents of the guilty party (therefore creating a temporary force of militia) and attempt to remove the guilty party from his manor. Since the mid-17th century, forays were increasingly done without a legal sanction simply when a member of szlachta would gather his supporters and raid an estate of his opponent. They would become a common occurrence during the period of noble's anarchy in the Commonwealth. In literature, forays were most famously portrayed in Adam Mickiewicz's Pan Tadeusz, as well as in The Trilogy (With Fire and Sword, The Deluge, Fire in the Steppe) of Henryk Sienkiewicz.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. foray

   A foray is a sudden attack or incursion into enemy territory, especially to obtain something; a raid. It can also refer to an attempt to become involved in a new activity or sphere.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Foraynoun

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

2. Forayverb

   to pillage; to ravage

3. Etymology: [Another form of forahe. Cf. Forray.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Foray

   A foray was a traditional method of law enforcement in Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. In view of the weakness of the executive in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, it was used by members of the szlachta to defend their rights. In legal practice, foray was sanctioned by starosta officials, and was the fourth step in the execution of a legal ruling. After the guilty party refused to abandon the disputed property, starosta would call his supporters as well as opponents of the guilty party and attempt to remove the guilty party from his manor. Since the mid-17th century, forays were increasingly done without a legal sanction simply when a member of szlachta would gather his supporters and raid an estate of his opponent. They would become a common occurrence during the period of noble's anarchy in the Commonwealth. In literature, forays were most famously portrayed in Adam Mickiewicz's Pan Tadeusz, as well as in The Trilogy of Henryk Sienkiewicz.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Foray

   for′ā, n. a sudden incursion into an enemy's country.—v.t. to ravage.—n. For′ayer. [Ety. obscure, but ult. identical with forage (q.v.).]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. foray

   A plundering incursion.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FORAY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Foray is ranked #111988 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Foray surname appeared 157 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Foray.
   
   80.8% or 127 total occurrences were White.
   11.4% or 18 total occurrences were Black.
   4.4% or 7 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Penetrate
   • Penetration
   • Take

How to pronounce foray?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say foray in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of foray in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of foray in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of foray in a Sentence

1. Lou Eccleston:

   Cattle is for us simply the first foray into what we think is a pretty long list of opportunities.

2. Chuck Carlson:

   The market has gotten reasonably comfortably numb to this tariff stuff, they are becoming more accustomed to this being a first foray and negotiating tool.

3. Acting Attorney General John Hoffman:

   For many consumers, a trip to the automotive parts store can be a confusing foray into unfamiliar territory, when retailers are not transparent and accurate in their pricing, consumers suffer.

4. Brian Kessens:

   Something tells me this isn't going to be the last foray between these companies.

5. Brooke Shields:

   [ My mom ] was like, ‘ Do you want to put on these jeans and do a commercial ? ’ it was going to be [ a lot of ] wordplay, or historical and literary references. There was a real intellectual spin on how they were going to produce [ the ads ]. Nobody was allowed on set. Because it was Avedon’s first foray into the commercial world. I think he was pretty nervous. Stakes were pretty high and I think there was a lot of pressure. We did multiple, multiple takes of everything.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=foray
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Foray
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foray
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foray
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=foray
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=foray
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=foray
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html