poach
31poach — verb /ˈpoʊtʃ/ a) to cook something in simmering water b) (derived from this) as in cattle coming to drink had punched and poached the river bank into a mess of mud …
32poach — Synonyms and related words: abstract, and, annex, appropriate, bag, bake, barbecue, baste, blanch, boil, boost, borrow, braise, brew, broil, brown, coddle, cook, cop, crib, curry, defraud, devil, do, do to perfection, embezzle, extort, filch,… …
33poach — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. steal, thieve, filch, pilfer; encroach, infringe, trespass; boil, parboil, coddle. See stealing, heat. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To steal] Syn. filch, pilfer, smuggle; see steal . 2. [To blend] Syn. mash …
34poach — The illegal taking of wildlife …
35poach — An unexpected or unintentional diss. Used primarily in the phrase You just got poached. I knew I had been poached when I woke up to find my toes super glued together …
36poach — An unexpected or unintentional diss. Used primarily in the phrase You just got poached. I knew I had been poached when I woke up to find my toes super glued together …
37poach — pəʊtʃ v. trespass, cross a border illegally; cook in boiling; hunt illegally for game or fish …
38poach — poach1 verb cook by simmering in a small amount of liquid. ↘cook (an egg) without its shell in or over boiling water. Derivatives poacher noun Origin ME: from OFr. pochier, earlier in the sense enclose in a bag , from poche bag, pocket . poach2… …
39poach — I. v. a. 1. Cook slightly (as eggs). 2. Steal, filch, purloin, pilfer, plunder by stealth. II. v. n. Steal game …
40poach — verb 1) he s been poaching salmon Syn: hunt illegally, catch illegally, jacklight, jack; steal 2) workers were poached by other firms Syn: steal, appropriate, purloin, take, lure away; informal nab, swipe …