poach

[poach]

When people poach deer or ducks, they hunt them illegally. On the other hand, when you poach an egg, it's perfectly legal you just cook it in simmering water.

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To cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water; also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel.

Verb
cook in a simmering liquid; "poached apricots"

Verb
hunt illegally; "people are poaching elephants for their ivory"


v. & n.
To cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water; also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel.

v. & n.
To rob of game; to pocket and convey away by stealth, as game; hence, to plunder.

v. i.
To steal or pocket game, or to carry it away privately, as in a bag; to kill or destroy game contrary to law, especially by night; to hunt or fish unlawfully; as, to poach for rabbits or for salmon.

v. t.
To stab; to pierce; to spear, \as fish.

v. t.
To force, drive, or plunge into anything.

v. t.
To make soft or muddy by trampling

v. t.
To begin and not complete.

v. i.
To become soft or muddy.


Poach

Poach , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poached ; p. pr. & vb. n. Poaching.] [F. pocher to place in a pocket, to poach eggs (the yolk of the egg being as it were pouched in the white), from poche pocket, pouch. See Pouch, v. &n.] 1. To cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water; also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel. Bacon. 2. To rob of game; to pocket and convey away by stealth, as game; hence, to plunder. Garth.

Poach

Poach, v. i. To steal or pocket game, or to carry it away privately, as in a bag; to kill or destroy game contrary to law, especially by night; to hunt or fish unlawfully; as, to poach for rabbits or for salmon.

Poach

Poach, v. t. [Cf. OF. pocher to thrust or dig out with the fingers, to bruise (the eyes), F. pouce thumb, L. pollex, and also E. poach to cook eggs, to plunder, and poke to thrust against.] 1. To stab; to pierce; to spear, as fish. [Obs.] Carew. 2. To force, drive, or plunge into anything. [Obs.]
His horse poching one of his legs into some hollow ground.
3. To make soft or muddy by trampling Tennyson. 4. To begin and not complete. [Obs.] Bacon.

Poach

Poach, v. i. To become soft or muddy.
Chalky and clay lands . . . chap in summer, and poach in winter.

To cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water; also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel.

To steal or pocket game, or to carry it away privately, as in a bag; to kill or destroy game contrary to law, especially by night; to hunt or fish unlawfully; as, to poach for rabbits or for salmon.

To stab; to pierce; to spear, as fish.

To become soft or muddy.

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