forays

We have found lemma(root) word of forays : foray.

Definitions


[ˈfɒreɪ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a sudden attack or incursion into enemy territory, especially to obtain something; a raid
(e.g: the garrison made a foray against Richard's camp)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: back-formation from forayer ‘a person who forays’, from Old French forrier ‘forager’, from fuerre ‘straw’ (see forage)


[ˈfɒreɪ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make or go on a foray
(e.g: the place into which they were forbidden to foray)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: back-formation from forayer ‘a person who forays’, from Old French forrier ‘forager’, from fuerre ‘straw’ (see forage)




definition by Oxford Dictionaries