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foray [ˈfɒreɪ] n 1. a short raid or incursion 2. a first attempt or new undertaking vb
to raid or ravage (a town, district, etc.) [from forrayen to pillage, from Old French forreier, from forrier forager, from fuerre fodder; see forage] forayer n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
foray Translations foray [ˈfɒreɪ] n (= raid) → incursion f to make a foray into enemy territory → faire une incursion en territoire ennemi (fig) to make a foray into sth → s'essayer à qch foray n → (Raub)überfall m; (Mil) → Ausfall m; (fig) → Ausflug m (→ into in +acc); to make a foray into the European market → sich auf den europäischen Markt vorwagen vi → Raubüberfälle/einen Raubüberfall machen; (fig) → Ausflüge/einen Ausflug machen How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Let us make a foray upon the dominions of that noisy barbarian, a great raid from Finisterre to Hatteras, catching his fishermen unawares, baffling the fleets that trust to his power, and shooting sly arrows into the livers of men who court his good graces. On the sloping bank of the stream are a number of banana-trees I have often seen a score or two of young people making a merry foray on the great golden clusters, and bearing them off, one after another, to different parts of the vale, shouting and trampling as they went. I must have something that I can term exclusively my own by this foray of ours, and I have fixed on the lovely Jewess as my peculiar prize. |
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