Meaning

(transitive) To cook (something) in simmering or very hot liquid (usually water; sometimes wine, broth, or otherwise)..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To cook (something) in simmering or very hot liquid (usually water; sometimes wine, broth, or otherwise).
2. (intransitive) To be cooked in such manner.
3. The act of cooking in simmering liquid.
4. (ambitransitive) To trespass on another's property to take fish or game.
5. (ambitransitive) To take game or fish illegally.
6. (by extension, ambitransitive) To take anything illegally or unfairly.
7. (figurative) To intrude; to interfere; to get involved inappropriately, without welcome.
8. (business, ambitransitive) To entice (an employee or customer) to switch from a competing company to one's own.

Example Sentences

Eldridge closed the despatch-case with a snap and, rising briskly, walked down the corridor to his solitary table in the dining-car. Mulligatawny soup, poached turbot, roast leg of lamb—the usual railway dinner.

The white of an egg with spirit of wine, doth bake the egg into clots, as if it began to poach.

Peaches are so perfect they need very little to make them extra special—just a quick poach in basil-scented rosé wine and a few adoring strawberries.

A 2016 study using carbon dating of more than 200 tusks from seizures spanning nine countries suggested that illegal ivory originates from elephants poached recently, instead of being pilfered from aging stockpiles kept by various nations.

Chelsea's embarrassment was symbolised by Ross Barkley's inexplicable header straight to the feet of Aguero to poach his second and Ilkay Gundogan capped that early blitz with a low drive.

to poach in foreign academic disciplines

EBay has accused three Amazon managers of illegally conspiring to poach its sellers, escalating a monthslong feud between two of the country’s largest e-commerce companies.

Cattle coming to drink had punched and poached the river bank into a mess of mud.

Word Forms

• poaches
• poaching
• poached

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