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4 dictionary results for: Poaching
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
poach·ing       [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.
[Origin: 1605–15; poach1 + -ing1]
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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.
  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.
    1. To take or appropriate something unfairly or illegally.
    2. 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.
    1. To take or appropriate unfairly or illegally.
    2. 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.]

poach'a·ble adj.
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poaching

noun
cooking in simmering liquid 

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