Definitions for poachpoʊtʃ
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
poachpoʊtʃ(v.i.)
to trespass, as on another's game preserve, in order to steal or hunt animals.
to take game or fish illegally.
to encroach; trespass.
(of land) to become broken up or slushy through trampling.
to sink into wet ground.
(v.t.)to trespass on (private property), esp. in order to hunt or fish.
Category: Common Vocabulary
to steal (game or fish) from another's property.
Category: Common Vocabulary
to take without permission and use as one's own.
Category: Common Vocabulary
to trample (wet ground).
Origin of poach:
1520–30; earlier: to shove, thrust < MF pocher to gouge < Gmc; akin to poke1
poachpoʊtʃ(v.t.)
to cook (eggs, fruit, etc.) in a hot liquid just below the boiling point.
Category: Cooking
Origin of poach:
1350–1400; ME poche < MF pocher lit., to bag (the yolk inside the white)
Princeton's WordNet
poach(verb)
hunt illegally
"people are poaching elephants for their ivory"
poach(verb)
cook in a simmering liquid
"poached apricots"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
poach(verb)ʊtʃ
to cook by placing in boiling water
a poached egg
Wiktionary
poach(Verb)
to cook something in simmering water
poach(Verb)
To become soft or muddy.
Chalky and clay lands chap in summer, and poach in winter. uE000186674uE001 Mortimer.
poach
To make soft or muddy.
Cattle coming to drink had punched and poached the river bank into a mess of mud.
poach(Verb)
to take game or fish illegally while trespassing on someone's property
poach(Verb)
to take anything illegally or unfairly
poach
to cause an employee or customer to switch from a competing company to your own company
Webster Dictionary
Poach(u)
to cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water; also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel
Poach(u)
to rob of game; to pocket and convey away by stealth, as game; hence, to plunder
Poach(verb)
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
Poach(verb)
to stab; to pierce; to spear, as fish
Poach(verb)
to force, drive, or plunge into anything
Poach(verb)
to make soft or muddy by trampling
Poach(verb)
to begin and not complete
Poach(verb)
to become soft or muddy
Translations for poach
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
poach(verb)
to cook (eg an egg without its shell, a fish etc) in boiling liquid, especially water or milk.
- kookAfrikaans
- يَسْلُقُ بيْضاً مَفْقوساArabic
- варяBulgarian
- cozinharPortuguese (BR)
- vařitCzech
- pochierenGerman
- pochereDanish
- σιγοβράζωGreek
- escalfar, hervirSpanish
- poðeerimaEstonian
- آب پز کردنFarsi
- kypsentää kuumassa vedessäFinnish
- pocherFrench
- לִשלוֹק בֵּיצָהHebrew
- गरम पानी में अंडा पकानाHindi
- razbiti u kipuću voduCroatian
- buggyant (tojást)Hungarian
- merebus sesuatu tanpa kulitIndonesian
- sjóða (við vægan hita)Icelandic
- affogare, cuocere in camicia*; cuocere in bianco*Italian
- ゆでるJapanese
- 삶다Korean
- virtiLithuanian
- vārīt (olu) bez čaumalasLatvian
- memasak telur carakMalay
- pocherenDutch
- posjere, trekke (egg uten skallet på)Norwegian
- gotować we wrzątkuPolish
- در روغن يا آب بريان کردنPersian
- په غوړو يا اوبو كښې پخولPashto
- escalfarPortuguese
- a fierbe (un ou fără coajă)Romanian
- варить в кипящей жидкостиRussian
- variťSlovak
- poširatiSlovenian
- poširatiSerbian
- pocherad, förlorat [ägg]Swedish
- ต้มหรือเคี่ยวThai
- kabuksuz yumurta haşlamaTurkish
- 水煮Chinese (Trad.)
- варити яйце-пашотUkrainian
- ابالناUrdu
- kho; rimVietnamese
- 水煮Chinese (Simp.)
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