foray Antonyms

Meaning of foray

Wordnet

foray (n)

a sudden short attack

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

Wordnet

foray (v)

steal goods; take as spoils

briefly enter enemy territory

Webster

foray (n.)

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

Webster

foray (v. t.)

To pillage; to ravage.

foray Sentence Examples

  1. The hikers embarked on a daring foray into the untamed wilderness.
  2. The historian embarked on a literary foray into Victorian-era literature.
  3. The artist made a brief foray into abstract expressionism.
  4. The company's foray into e-commerce proved successful.
  5. The detective made a perilous foray into the underworld to gather evidence.
  6. The scientist ventured on a scientific foray to study the remote Antarctic.
  7. The expedition was a successful foray into uncharted territory.
  8. The entrepreneur's foray into the tech industry was met with mixed results.
  9. The critic made a critical foray into the realm of contemporary poetry.
  10. The mountaineer's foray to the summit was a thrilling but perilous experience.

FAQs About the word foray

a sudden short attack, an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence), steal goods; take as spoils, briefly enter enemy territoryA sudde

incursion, raid, invasion, onslaught,inroad, rush, strike, assault, irruption, descent

recover, redeem, rehabilitate, recover, redeem, restore, restore, rehabilitate, recondition, fix

The hikers embarked on a daring foray into the untamed wilderness.

The historian embarked on a literary foray into Victorian-era literature.

The artist made a brief foray into abstract expressionism.

The company's foray into e-commerce proved successful.