foray
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a sudden short attack
Types & categories
- penetration hypernym
- air raid hyponym
- swoop hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
steal goods; take as spoils
During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- plundering derivation
- looting derivation
- spoilation derivation
- raider derivation
- pillage derivation
Sense 3 noun
an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence)
scientists' forays into politics
Types & categories
- effort hypernym
Sense 4 verb
briefly enter enemy territory
Types & categories
- penetrate hypernym
Related & opposite
- raid derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | foray |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | maraud |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | raid |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | penetration |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | air raid |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | swoop |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | plundering |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | looting |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | spoilation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | raider |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pillage |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | take |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | deplume |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | effort |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | raid |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | penetrate |