foray (noun) - a brief literal or figurative excursion outside one’s usual range or territory; a quick raid or attack [fawr-ay]
BREAKDOWN: FOR- (to feed or protect) + -AY (to do)
foray as a verb means to explore or to invade in search of plunder
See also: foster
“When botanists go walking the forests and fields looking for plants, we say we are going on a foray. When writers do the same, we should call it a metaphoray, and the land is rich in both.” —Robin Wall Kimmerer
