English-Thai Dictionary

foray

N การ จู่โจม แบบ ไม่ ให้ ทัน ตั้งตัว  การ จู่โจม อย่างรวดเร็ว  incursion raid invasion kan-ju-jom-baeb-mai-hai-tan-tang-tua

 

foray

N การ เดินทาง ไป ใน สถานที่ แปลกใหม่ ใน ช่วงเวลา สั้นๆ  kan-doen-tang-pai-nai-sa-tan-ti-plaek-mai-nai-chuang-we-la-san-san

 

foray

N ความพยายาม เข้าไป เกี่ยวข้องกับ งาน หรือ อาชีพ ที่ แตกต่าง ออก ไป  kwam-pa-ya-yam-kao-pai-kiao-kong-kab-ngan-rue-ar-chib-ti-taek-tang-ook-pai

 

foray

VI จู่โจม  รุกคืบ  ju-jom

 

foray

VT บุกเข้าไป ปล้น  ปล้นสะดม  pillage plunder bok-kao-pai-pon

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FORAY

For "ay, n. Etym: [Another form of forahe. Cf. Forray. ]

 

Defn: A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid. Spenser. The huge Earl Doorm,... Bound on a foray, rolling eyes of prey. Tennyson.

 

FORAY

FORAY For "ay, v. t.

 

Defn: To pillage; to ravage. He might foray our lands. Sir W. Scott.

 

FORAYER

FORAYER For "ay *er ( or ), n.

 

Defn: One who makes or joins in a foray. They might not choose the lowand road, For the Merse forayers were abroad. Sir W. Scott.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

foray

for ay |ˈfôrˌā, ˈfärˌā ˈfɔˌreɪ ˈfɑˌreɪ | ▶noun a sudden attack or incursion into enemy territory, esp. to obtain something; a raid: the garrison made a foray against Richard's camp | figurative : he made another foray to the bar. • an attempt to become involved in a new activity or sphere: my first foray into journalism. ▶verb [ no obj. ] make or go on a foray: the place into which they were forbidden to foray. DERIVATIVES for ay er noun ORIGIN Middle English: back-formation from forayer ‘a person who forays,’ from Old French forrier ‘forager, ’ from fuerre ‘straw ’ (see forage ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

foray

foray |ˈfɒreɪ | ▶noun a sudden attack or incursion into enemy territory, especially to obtain something; a raid: the garrison made a foray against Richard's camp. • a brief but spirited attempt to become involved in a new activity or sphere: my first foray into journalism. ▶verb [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] make or go on a foray. DERIVATIVES forayer noun ORIGIN Middle English: back-formation from forayer ‘a person who forays ’, from Old French forrier ‘forager ’, from fuerre ‘straw ’ (see forage ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

foray

foray noun the foray was met with little resistance: raid, attack, assault, incursion, swoop, strike, onslaught, sortie, sally, push, thrust; archaic onset.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

foray

foray noun the garrison made a foray against Richard's camp: raid, attack, assault, incursion, swoop, strike, charge, sortie, sally, rush, onrush, push, thrust, onslaught, offensive, bombardment; act of aggression, act of war, blitz, campaign; archaic onset.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

foray

for ay /fɔ́ːreɪ |fɔ́r -/名詞 複 ～s C 1 【新しい [慣れない ]分野へ 】進出 [介入 ]すること, 手を出すこと, (一時的に )関心をよせること «into , to » ▸ make a first foray into the U.S. market アメリカ市場への最初の進出をする 2 «…へ » (略奪を目的として )侵略 [侵入 ]すること (raid ) «into , to » .動詞 自動詞 【食物などを求めて 】(敵を )急襲する «into , to » .