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Latest revision as of 20:38, 28 February 2013 [edit] English Wikipedia [edit] Alternative forms [edit] Etymology From 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 *fōdran ("fodder, feed, sheath"), from Proto-Indo-European *patrom ("fodder"), *pat- ("to feed"), *pāy- ("to guard, graze, feed"). Cognate with Old High German fuotar (German Futter ("fodder, feed")), Old English fōdor, fōþor ("food, fodder, covering, case, basket"), Dutch voeder ("forage, food, feed"), Danish foder ("fodder, feed"), Icelandic fóðr ("fodder, sheath"). More at fodder, food. [edit] Pronunciation foray (plural forays) - A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.
- A brief excursion or attempt especially outside one's accustomed sphere.
- 2011 September 27, Alistair Magowan, "Bayern Munich 2 - 0 Man City", BBC Sport:
- 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.
[edit] Translations foray (third-person singular simple present forays, present participle foraying, simple past and past participle forayed) - (transitive) To scour (an area or place) for food, treasure, booty etc.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book V:
- And thyder shall thou go to forrey that forestes, and with the shall go Sir Gawayne [...].
- (intransitive) To pillage; to ravage.
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