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Meaning of poach
noun
- The act of cooking in simmering liquid.
verb
- To cook something in simmering liquid.
- To be cooked in simmering liquid
- To become soft or muddy.
- To make soft or muddy. Example: Cattle coming to drink had punched and poached the river bank into a mess of mud.
- To stab; to pierce; to spear, as fish.
noun
- The act of taking something unfairly, as in tennis doubles where one player returns a shot that their partner was better placed to return.
verb
- To take game or fish illegally.
- To take anything illegally or unfairly.
- To entice (an employee or customer) to switch from a competing company to one's own.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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