poached

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/pəʊtʃt/ English

Definitions

verb

To cook something in simmering liquid.
To be cooked in simmering liquid
To become soft or muddy.
To make soft or muddy.“Cattle coming to drink had punched and poached the river bank into a mess of mud.”

verb

To take game or fish illegally.
To take anything illegally or unfairly.
To entice (an employee or customer) to switch from a competing company to one's own.

adjective

Cooked by poaching.
Obtained by poaching.

Related words

Synonyms

stewed cooked boiled stolen flown stole pried robbed steamed fried roasted toasted charcoaled grilled half-boiled casseroled

Associated

hollandaise braised omelette foie poaching poachers tusks broth egg sauce scrambled toast

Rhymes

approached broached coached encroached roached

References