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poach·ing
[poh-ching] Pronunciation Key
[poh-ching] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | the illegal practice of trespassing on another's property to hunt or steal game without the landowner's permission. |
| 2. | any encroachment on another's property, rights, ideas, or the like. |
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| poach 1
(pōch) Pronunciation Key
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.] poach'a·ble adj. |
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| poach 2
(pōch) Pronunciation Key
v. poached, poach·ing, poach·es v. intr.
v. tr.
[Obsolete French pocher, to poke, thrust, intrude, from Old French pochier, to poke, gouge, of Germanic origin.] poach'a·ble adj. |
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