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Poached – definitions in English dictionary

verb

Cook (an egg) without its shell in or over boiling water.

Usage examples:

A breakfast of poached egg and grilled bacon
verb

Illegally hunt or catch (game or fish) on land that is not one's own or in contravention of official protection.

Usage examples:

20 tigers are thought to have been poached from national parks

Synonims:

Hunt illegallyCatch/trap/kill illegallyPlunder
verb

(of an animal) trample or cut up (turf) with its hoofs.

Usage examples:

Zero-grazing saves the fields from poaching
verb

Past simple and past participle of poach

Usage examples:

We had poached eggs for breakfast., do you like pears poached in red wine?, the farmer claimed that…

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偷猎, 水煮的

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Gepocheerd

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Poché

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Pochiert

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पोच्ड

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In camicia, Cotto in bianco

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데친 것

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Браконьерский, Вареный в кипятке

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Escalfado

Word origin

early 16th century (in the sense ‘push roughly together’): apparently related to poke1; sense 1 is perhaps partly from French pocher ‘enclose in a bag’ (see poach1).

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Poached – similar words

poach

verb

Cook (an egg) without its shell in or over boiling water.

Usage examples:

A breakfast of poached egg and grilled bacon
verb

Illegally hunt or catch (game or fish) on land that is not one's own or in contravention of official protection.

Usage examples:

20 tigers are thought to have been poached from national parks
verb

To cook something in water or another liquid that is almost boiling

Usage examples:

Poached eggs, [ t ] anybody you see with a piece of ivory has poached it., [ i ] foreign fishing bo…
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Poached synonims

plunder

verb

Steal goods from (a place or person), typically using force and in a time of war or civil disorder.

Usage examples:

Looters moved into the disaster area to plunder shops
noun

The violent and dishonest acquisition of property.

Usage examples:

The commander refused to maintain his troops through pillage and plunder
verb

To steal goods forcefully from a place, esp. during a war

Usage examples:

[ i ] after the battle the soldiers began looting and plundering., [ t ] fig. he plundered (= took …
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