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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfɒɹ.eɪ/ [UK], /ˈfɔɹ.eɪ/ [US], /ˈfɔɹ.æɪ/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-foray.wav [Southern-England] Forms: forays [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪ 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 *fōdrą (“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 fóður (“fodder, sheath”). More at fodder, food, forage. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forrayen|t=to pillage}} Middle English forrayen (“to pillage”), {{m|enm|forrayour}} forrayour, {{m|enm|forreour}} forreour, {{m|enm|forrier|t=raider, pillager}} forrier (“raider, pillager”), {{der|en|fro|forrier}} Old French forrier, {{m|fro|fourrier}} fourrier, {{m|fro|fuerre|t=provender, fodder, straw}} fuerre (“provender, fodder, straw”), {{der|en|frk|*fōdar|t=fodder, sheath}} Frankish *fōdar (“fodder, sheath”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*fōdrą|t=fodder, feed, sheath}} Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“fodder, feed, sheath”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*patrom|t=fodder}} Proto-Indo-European *patrom (“fodder”), {{m|ine-pro|*pat-|t=to feed}} *pat- (“to feed”), {{m|ine-pro|*pāy-|t=to guard, graze, feed}} *pāy- (“to guard, graze, feed”), {{cog|goh|fuotar}} Old High German fuotar, {{cog|de|Futter|t=fodder, feed}} German Futter (“fodder, feed”), {{cog|ang|fōdor}} Old English fōdor, {{m|ang|fōþor|t=food, fodder, covering, case, basket}} fōþor (“food, fodder, covering, case, basket”), {{cog|nl|voeder|t=forage, food, feed}} Dutch voeder (“forage, food, feed”), {{cog|da|foder|t=fodder, feed}} Danish foder (“fodder, feed”), {{cog|is|fóður|t=fodder, sheath}} Icelandic fóður (“fodder, sheath”), {{m|en|fodder}} fodder, {{m|en|food}} food, {{m|en|forage}} forage Head templates: {{en-noun}} foray (plural forays)
  1. A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid. Translations (incursion): набег (nabeg) [masculine] (Bulgarian), incursió [feminine] (Catalan), výpad [masculine] (Czech), nájezd [masculine] (Czech), útok [masculine] (Czech), onverwachte aanval (Dutch), raid (Dutch), põige (Estonian), ryöstöretki (Finnish), hyökkäys (Finnish), incursion [feminine] (French), plötzlicher Überfall [masculine] (German), überraschender Überfall (German), inkurso (Ido), incursione [feminine] (Italian), scorrazzata [feminine] (Italian), scorreria [feminine] (Italian), irruzione [feminine] (Italian), у́пад (úpad) [masculine] (Macedonian), kanohi kitea (Maori), tukinga (Maori), torohē (Maori), najazd [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), napad [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), wypad [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), incursão [feminine] (Portuguese), investida (Portuguese), aposta (Portuguese), incursiune [feminine] (Romanian), raid [neuter] (Romanian), набе́г (nabég) [masculine] (Russian), нападе́ние (napadénije) [neuter] (Russian), incursión [masculine] (Spanish), plundringståg (Swedish), räd (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-foray-en-noun-Z6jk-tn2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 28 5 15 11 Disambiguation of 'incursion': 95 5
  2. A brief excursion or attempt, especially outside one's accustomed sphere. Translations (brief excursion or attempt): průnik [masculine] (Czech), kõrvalepõige (Estonian), haak (Estonian), yritys (Finnish), kokeilu (Finnish), kurzer Ausfall [masculine] (German), Streifzug [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-foray-en-noun-pIH3xRm3 Disambiguation of 'brief excursion or attempt': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: forrey (15th century)

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈfɒɹ.eɪ/ [UK], /ˈfɔɹ.eɪ/ [US], /ˈfɔɹ.æɪ/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-foray.wav [Southern-England] Forms: forays [present, singular, third-person], foraying [participle, present], forayed [participle, past], forayed [past]
Rhymes: -eɪ 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 *fōdrą (“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 fóður (“fodder, sheath”). More at fodder, food, forage. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forrayen|t=to pillage}} Middle English forrayen (“to pillage”), {{m|enm|forrayour}} forrayour, {{m|enm|forreour}} forreour, {{m|enm|forrier|t=raider, pillager}} forrier (“raider, pillager”), {{der|en|fro|forrier}} Old French forrier, {{m|fro|fourrier}} fourrier, {{m|fro|fuerre|t=provender, fodder, straw}} fuerre (“provender, fodder, straw”), {{der|en|frk|*fōdar|t=fodder, sheath}} Frankish *fōdar (“fodder, sheath”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*fōdrą|t=fodder, feed, sheath}} Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“fodder, feed, sheath”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*patrom|t=fodder}} Proto-Indo-European *patrom (“fodder”), {{m|ine-pro|*pat-|t=to feed}} *pat- (“to feed”), {{m|ine-pro|*pāy-|t=to guard, graze, feed}} *pāy- (“to guard, graze, feed”), {{cog|goh|fuotar}} Old High German fuotar, {{cog|de|Futter|t=fodder, feed}} German Futter (“fodder, feed”), {{cog|ang|fōdor}} Old English fōdor, {{m|ang|fōþor|t=food, fodder, covering, case, basket}} fōþor (“food, fodder, covering, case, basket”), {{cog|nl|voeder|t=forage, food, feed}} Dutch voeder (“forage, food, feed”), {{cog|da|foder|t=fodder, feed}} Danish foder (“fodder, feed”), {{cog|is|fóður|t=fodder, sheath}} Icelandic fóður (“fodder, sheath”), {{m|en|fodder}} fodder, {{m|en|food}} food, {{m|en|forage}} forage Head templates: {{en-verb}} foray (third-person singular simple present forays, present participle foraying, simple past and past participle forayed)
  1. To participate in a foray.
    Sense id: en-foray-en-verb-zhlZtjUe
  2. To do or attempt something outside one's typical area of expertise.
    Sense id: en-foray-en-verb-x4wmN-sC
  3. (transitive, archaic) To scour an area for goods as part of a foray. Tags: archaic, transitive Translations (To pillage; to ravage): ограбвам (ograbvam) (Bulgarian), плячкосвам (pljačkosvam) (Bulgarian), pillar (Catalan), vydrancovat [perfective] (Czech), drancovat [imperfective] (Czech), vyrabovat [perfective] (Czech), rabovat [imperfective] (Czech), zpustošit [perfective] (Czech), pustošit [imperfective] (Czech), ryöstää (Finnish), hävittää (Finnish), fourrager (French), scorrazzare (Italian), irrompere (Italian), razziare (Italian), pāhua (Maori), pāhuahua (Maori), tunutunu makai (Maori), tunutunu mākaikai (Maori)
    Sense id: en-foray-en-verb-plS99RIq Disambiguation of 'To pillage; to ravage': 26 29 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: forrey (15th century)

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          "lang": "Macedonian",
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          "code": "mi",
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          "word": "kanohi kitea"
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          "word": "tukinga"
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          "word": "torohē"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "incursion",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "incursão"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "incursion",
          "word": "investida"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "incursion",
          "word": "aposta"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "incursion",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "incursiune"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "sense": "incursion",
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          "word": "raid"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nabég",
          "sense": "incursion",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "набе́г"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "napadénije",
          "sense": "incursion",
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          "word": "нападе́ние"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "incursion",
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          "word": "incursión"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "incursion",
          "word": "plundringståg"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "incursion",
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          "ref": "2011 September 27, Alistair Magowan, “Bayern Munich 2 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport",
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          "ref": "1837, William Hickling Prescott, History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic",
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          "ref": "1857, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II",
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          "_dis1": "26 29 45",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "To pillage; to ravage",
          "word": "scorrazzare"
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          "_dis1": "26 29 45",
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          "lang": "Maori",
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          "word": "pāhua"
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          "sense": "To pillage; to ravage",
          "word": "pāhuahua"
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          "sense": "To pillage; to ravage",
          "word": "tunutunu makai"
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          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "To pillage; to ravage",
          "word": "tunutunu mākaikai"
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          "irregular",
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          "incursion",
          "incursion"
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          "border",
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          "warfare",
          "warfare"
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          "ref": "2011 September 27, Alistair Magowan, “Bayern Munich 2 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport",
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        "UK"
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      "ipa": "/ˈfɔɹ.eɪ/",
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        "US"
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      "ipa": "/ˈfɔɹ.æɪ/",
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        "General-Australian"
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      "word": "forrey (15th century)"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nabeg",
      "sense": "incursion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "набег"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "incursion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "incursió"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "incursion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "výpad"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "incursion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nájezd"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "incursion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "útok"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "code": "et",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "ryöstöretki"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "hyökkäys"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "incursion",
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        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "incursion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "io",
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      "word": "inkurso"
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "incursion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "it",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "mk",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "mi",
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "incursion",
      "word": "investida"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "incursion",
      "word": "aposta"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "incursion",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "incursion",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "incursion",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "incursion",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "brief excursion or attempt",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "průnik"
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "brief excursion or attempt",
      "word": "kõrvalepõige"
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      "code": "et",
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      "word": "haak"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "word": "yritys"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "brief excursion or attempt",
      "word": "kokeilu"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "brief excursion or attempt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kurzer Ausfall"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "brief excursion or attempt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Streifzug"
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}

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          "text": "He bad to open wyde his brazen gate,\nWhich long time had bene shut, and out of hond\nProclaymed joy and peace through all his state;\nFor dead now was their foe which them forrayed late.",
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          "ref": "1857, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "ograbvam",
      "sense": "To pillage; to ravage",
      "word": "ограбвам"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "word": "плячкосвам"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "To pillage; to ravage",
      "word": "pillar"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "To pillage; to ravage",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "To pillage; to ravage",
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    },
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      "code": "cs",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "To pillage; to ravage",
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      "word": "rabovat"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "To pillage; to ravage",
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      "word": "zpustošit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "To pillage; to ravage",
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      "word": "pustošit"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To pillage; to ravage",
      "word": "ryöstää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To pillage; to ravage",
      "word": "hävittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To pillage; to ravage",
      "word": "fourrager"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To pillage; to ravage",
      "word": "scorrazzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To pillage; to ravage",
      "word": "irrompere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To pillage; to ravage",
      "word": "razziare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "To pillage; to ravage",
      "word": "pāhua"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "To pillage; to ravage",
      "word": "pāhuahua"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "To pillage; to ravage",
      "word": "tunutunu makai"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "To pillage; to ravage",
      "word": "tunutunu mākaikai"
    }
  ],
  "word": "foray"
}

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