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Definition poach

Etymology 1

Verb

poach (third-person singular simple present poaches, present participle poaching, simple past and past participle poached)

1. (transitive) To cook something in simmering liquid.
2. (intransitive) To be cooked in simmering liquid
3. To become soft or muddy.
4. To make soft or muddy.
5. (obsolete) To stab; to pierce; to spear, as fish.
6. (obsolete) To force, drive, or plunge into anything.
7. (obsolete) To begin and not complete.

Noun

poach (plural poaches)

1. The act of cooking in simmering liquid.

Etymology 2

From Middle French pocher (“poke”), from Old French pochier (“poke out”). Doublet of poke.

Verb

poach (third-person singular simple present poaches, present participle poaching, simple past and past participle poached)

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

Noun

poach (plural poaches)

1. The act of taking something unfairly, as in tennis doubles where one player returns a shot that their partner was better placed to return.

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