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poached

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poach 1  (pch)
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 their appearance), of Germanic origin.]

poacha·ble adj.

poach 2  (pch)
v. poached, poach·ing, poach·es
v.intr.
1. To trespass on another's property in order to take fish or game.
2. To take fish or game in a forbidden area.
3. To become muddy or broken up from being trampled. Used of land.
4. To sink into soft earth when walking.
5.
a. To take or appropriate something unfairly or illegally.
b. Sports To play a ball out of turn or in another's territory, as in doubles tennis.
v.tr.
1. To trespass on (another's property) for fishing or hunting.
2. To take (fish or game) illegally.
3. To make (land) muddy or broken up by trampling.
4.
a. To take or appropriate unfairly or illegally.
b. Sports To play (a ball) out of turn or in another's territory.

[Obsolete French pocher, to poke, thrust, intrude, from Old French pochier, to poke, gouge, of Germanic origin.]

poacha·ble adj.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.poached - cooked in hot water
cooked - having been prepared for eating by the application of heat
Translations
poached [pəʊtʃt] ADJ [egg] → escalfado; [fish etc] → hervido

poached [ˈpəʊtʃt] adj [fish, fruit] → poché(e)
poached egg nœuf m poché

poached مسلوق, مطهو في ماء أو سائل مغلي jemně povařený, upytlačený grebet i krybskytteri, pocheret gewildert, pochiert λαθροθηρικός, ποσέ cocido a fuego lento, escalfado, furtivo haudutettu, salaa pyydystetty braconné, poché krivolovljen, poširan cacciato di frodo, in camicia ポーチした, 密漁した 밀렵한, 서서히 끓인 gepocheerd, gestroopt posjert, tyvfanget ugotowany caçado ilegalmente, escaldado, escalfado пойманный браконьерским образом, приготовленный на медленном огне olovligen fångad, pocherad เคี่ยวอาหาร, รุกล้ำ kaçak avlanmış, suda pişirilmiş bị săn trộm, ninh 偷猎的, 水煮的


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His theory was fixed around corned-beef hash with poached egg.
She was sorry Anne was going away, of course, but was that any reason why she should fail to appreciate a poached egg on toast?
It had been invented by man to scare woman away when she poached too nearly upon his precious preserves.
 
 
 
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