What does poached mean?
Poached means simple past and past participle of poach.
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/pəʊtʃt/ · verb
simple past and past participle of poach.
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.
Use poached when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Poached means simple past and past participle of poach.
Common synonyms include cooked, stewed, boiled.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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