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1. (v.i.) poach
to trespass, as on another's game preserve, in order to steal or hunt animals.
2. poach
to take game or fish illegally.
3. poach
to encroach; trespass.
4. poach
(of land) to become broken up or slushy through trampling.
5. poach
to sink into wet ground.
6. (v.t.) poach
to trespass on (private property), esp. in order to hunt or fish.
7. poach
to steal (game or fish) from another's property.
8. poach
to take without permission and use as one's own.
9. poach
to trample (wet ground).
10. (v.t.) poach
to cook (eggs, fruit, etc.) in a hot liquid just below the boiling point.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME poche < MF pocher lit., to bag (the yolk inside the white))
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| Definition of 'poach' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) poach
hunt illegally
"people are poaching elephants for their ivory"
2. (verb) poach
cook in a simmering liquid
"poached apricots"
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1. (verb) poach
to cook by placing in boiling water
a poached egg
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| Definition of 'poach' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. poach
to cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water; also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel
2. poach
to rob of game; to pocket and convey away by stealth, as game; hence, to plunder
3. (verb) poach
to steal or pocket game, or to carry it away privately, as in a bag; to kill or destroy game contrary to law, especially by night; to hunt or fish unlawfully; as, to poach for rabbits or for salmon
4. (verb) poach
to stab; to pierce; to spear, as fish
5. (verb) poach
to force, drive, or plunge into anything
6. (verb) poach
to make soft or muddy by trampling
7. (verb) poach
to begin and not complete
8. (verb) poach
to become soft or muddy
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Sense: to cook (eg an egg without its shell, a fish etc) in boiling liquid, especially water or milk.
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 Afrikaans: kook |
 Arabic: يَسْلُقُ بيْضاً مَفْقوسا |
 Bulgarian: варя |
 Brazilian: cozinhar |
 Czech: vařit |
 German: pochieren |
 Danish: pochere |
 Greek: σιγοβράζω |
 Spanish: escalfar, hervir |
 Estonian: poðeerima |
 Farsi: آب پز کردن |
 Finnish: kypsentää kuumassa vedess |
 French: pocher |
 Hebrew: לִשלוֹק בֵּיצָה |
 Hindi: गरम पानी में अंडा पकाना |
 Croatian: razbiti u kipuću vodu |
 Hungarian: buggyant (tojást) |
 Indonesian: merebus sesuatu tanpa kul |
 Icelandic: sjóða (við vægan hita) |
 Italian: affogare, cuocere in cami |
 Japanese: ゆでる |
 Korean: 삶다 |
 Lithuanian: virti |
 Latvian: vārīt (olu) bez čaumalas |
 Malay: memasak telur carak |
 Dutch: pocheren |
 Norwegian: posjere, trekke (egg uten |
 Polish: gotować we wrzątku |
 Persian: در روغن يا آب بريان کردن |
 Pashto: په غوړو يا اوبو كښې پخول |
 Portuguese: escalfar |
 Romanian: a fierbe (un ou fără coaj |
 Russian: варить в кипящей жидкости |
 Slovak: variť |
 Slovenian: poširati |
 Serbian: poširati |
 Swedish: pocherad, förlorat [ägg] |
 Thai: ต้มหรือเคี่ยว |
 Turkish: kabuksuz yumurta haşlama |
 Taiwanese: 水煮 |
 Ukrainian: варити яйце-пашот |
 Urdu: ابالنا |
 Vietnamese: kho; rim |
 Chinese: 水煮 |
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