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poach 1
(pōch)tr.v. poached, poach·ing, poach·es
To cook in a boiling or simmering liquid: Poach the fish in wine.
[Back-formation from Middle English poched, poached, from poche, dish of poached eggs, from Old French, from past participle of pochier, to poach eggs, from poche, pocket, bag (from the appearance of poached eggs, in which the yolk is enclosed by the white), of Germanic origin.]
poach′a·ble adj.
poach 2
(pōch)v. poached, poach·ing, poach·es
v.intr.
1. To take fish or game illegally, especially by trespassing on another's property.
2.
a. To take or appropriate something unfairly or illegally.
b. To encroach on another person's rights or responsibilities: felt the guys in accounting were poaching on his turf.
c. Sports To play a ball out of turn or in another's territory, as in doubles tennis.
3. To become muddy or broken up from being trampled. Used of land.
4. To sink into soft earth when walking.
v.tr.
1. To take (fish or game) illegally, especially by trespassing on another's property.
2.
a. To take or appropriate unfairly or illegally: poaching another firm's best employees.
b. Sports To play (a ball) out of turn or in another's territory.
3. To make (land) muddy or broken up by trampling.
[Early Modern English poche, poach, to poke, probe, intrude, poach (game), from Middle French pocher, to poke (in the eye), from Old French pochier, to poke, gouge, from poche, bag, pouch (from the resemblance of an empty eye socket to a pouch), of Germanic origin; akin to Old North French poke; see poke3.]
poach′a·ble adj.
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poach
(pəʊtʃ)vb
1. to catch (game, fish, etc) illegally by trespassing on private property
2. to encroach on or usurp (another person's rights, duties, etc) or steal (an idea, employee, etc)
3. (Badminton) tennis badminton to take or play (shots that should belong to one's partner)
4. (Tennis) tennis badminton to take or play (shots that should belong to one's partner)
5. to break up (land) into wet muddy patches, as by riding over it, or (of land) to become broken up in this way
6. (intr) (of the feet, shoes, etc) to sink into heavy wet ground
[C17: from Old French pocher, of Germanic origin; compare Middle Dutch poken to prod; see poke1]
poach
(pəʊtʃ)vb
(Cookery) to simmer (eggs, fish, etc) very gently in water, milk, stock, etc
[C15: from Old French pochier to enclose in a bag (as the yolks are enclosed by the whites); compare poke2]
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poach1
(poʊtʃ)v.i.
1. to trespass, as on another's game preserve, in order to steal or hunt animals.
2. to take game or fish illegally.
3. to encroach; trespass.
4. (of land) to become broken up or slushy through trampling.
5. to sink into wet ground.
v.t. 6. to trespass on (private property), esp. in order to hunt or fish.
7. to steal (game or fish) from another's property.
8. to take without permission and use as one's own.
9. to trample (wet ground).
[1520–30; earlier: to shove, thrust < Middle French pocher to gouge < Germanic; akin to poke1]
poach2
(poʊtʃ)v.t.
to cook (eggs, fruit, etc.) in a hot liquid just below the boiling point.
[1350–1400; Middle English poche < Middle French pocher literally, to bag (the yolk inside the white)]
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poach
Past participle: poached
Gerund: poaching
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poach
To cook food very gently in a simmering liquid, just below boiling point.
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| Verb | 1. | poach - hunt illegally; "people are poaching elephants for their ivory" hunt, hunt down, track down, run - pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods" |
| 2. | poach - cook in a simmering liquid; "poached apricots" cook - transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes" |
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poach
verb
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Translations
يَسْلُقُ بيْضاً مَفْقوسايَصْطادُ بصورةٍ غَيْر قانونيَّه
pytlačitvařit
drive krybskytteripochere
hauduttaakaapatasalametsästää
sjóîaveiîa ólöglega
nodarboties ar malumedniecībuvārīt bez čaumalas
pytliačiť
loviti na divje
kabuksuz yumurta haşlamakaçak avlanmak
poach
1 [pəʊtʃ] VT (Culin) [+ egg] → escalfar; [+ fish etc] → hervirpoach
2 [pəʊtʃ]B. VI (= hunt) → cazar furtivamente; (= fish) → pescar furtivamente
to poach on sb's preserves or territory → invadir or pisar el terreno a algn
to poach on sb's preserves or territory → invadir or pisar el terreno a algn
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
poach
[ˈpəʊtʃ] vt
(= cook) → pocher
[+ member, customer] → voler; [+ worker] → débaucher
to poach sb from sth [+ members, customers, workers] → voler qn à qch
They poached members from other unions → Ils ont volé des membres à d'autres syndicats.
to poach sb from sth [+ members, customers, workers] → voler qn à qch
They poached members from other unions → Ils ont volé des membres à d'autres syndicats.
[+ ideas] → voler
vi (= steal game, fish) → braconner
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
poach
1vt egg → pochieren; fish → (blau) dünsten; poached egg → pochiertes or verlorenes Ei; (in poacher) → ˜ Ei nt → im Glas
poach
2Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
poach
1 [pəʊtʃ] vt (Culin) (fish) → cuocere in biancopoached egg → uovo affogato or in camicia
poach
2 [pəʊtʃ]1. vt (hunt, game) → cacciare di frodo; (fish) → pescare di frodo (fig) (fam) (steal) → soffiare, portar via
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
poach1
(pəutʃ) verb to cook (eg an egg without its shell, a fish etc) in boiling liquid, especially water or milk.
poached adjectivea poached egg.
poach2
(pəutʃ) verb to hunt (game) or catch (fish) illegally on someone else's land.
poacher nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.