meaning of poaches

1. To cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water; also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel.
2.
To rob of game; to pocket and convey away by stealth, as game; hence, to plunder.
3.
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.
To stab; to pierce; to spear, as fish.
5.
To force, drive, or plunge into anything.
6.
To make soft or muddy by trampling
7.
To begin and not complete.
8.
To become soft or muddy.
9.
cook in a simmering liquid; "poached ">apricots"


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poach | poachard | poached | poached egg | poacher | poachiness | poaching | poachy |

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