poach

Definition of poach in English English dictionary: to take game or fish illegally while trespassing on someone's property; as in "cattle coming to drink had punched and poached the river bank into a mess of mud."; to make an employee or customer switch from a competing company to your own company; to take anything illegally or unfairly; to cook something in simmering water; {v} to boil slightly, steal, game, stab, be damp; To cook food simmered in a liquid, just below the boiling point; To force, drive, or plunge into anything; To cook food gently in simmering liquid that does not boil; To cook in a hot liquid just below the boiling point, being careful to retain the shape of the food; If someone poaches an idea, they dishonestly or illegally use the idea. The opposition parties complained that the government had poached their ideas. = steal; {f} trespass, cross a border illegally; cook in boiling; hunt illegally for game or fish; To cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water; also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel; To cook food in simmering liquid just below the boiling point; To teach and/or baptize an investigator residing in another companionship's proselytizing area; To cook food gently in liquid just below the boiling point; To steal or pocket game, or to carry it away privately, as in a bag; to kill or destroy game contrary to law, especially by night; to hunt or fish unlawfully; as, to poach for rabbits or for salmon; In doubles, to hit a ball, usually with a volley, that would ordinarily have been played by the partner; If an organization poaches members or customers from another organization, they secretly or dishonestly persuade them to join them or become their customers. The company authorised its staff to poach customers from the opposition. allegations that it had poached members from other unions. = steal + poaching poach·ing The union was accused of poaching; To gently cook in a simmering liquid so food retains its shape; When you poach an egg, you cook it gently in boiling water without its shell. Poach the eggs for 4 minutes He had a light breakfast of poached eggs and tea; To stab; to pierce; to spear, \as fish; To cook food in liquid, at or just below the boiling point For eggs, meat, or fish, the liquid is usually water or a seasoned stock; fruit is generally poached in a sugar syrup; To cook gently over very low heat in barely simmering liquid just to cover; To become soft or muddy; To make soft or muddy by trampling To begin and not complete; To cook food in hot liquid over a gentle heat to the liquid is barely bubbling; to take game or fish illegally while trespassing on someones property; To cook food gently in a liquid at or just below its boiling point Meats are normally poached in stock, eggs in lightly salted water, fruit in light sugar syrup; cook food in just simmering water; cook in a simmering liquid; "poached apricots"; To poach food, place them in seasoned liquid Bring to a boil over high heat Cover tightly Reduce heat to medium-low Simmer so small bubbles form and break below the surface of the liquid; Cook in liquid just below the food point Don't cover food; A movement in doubles that involves the net partner moving across the court to intercept a crosscourt shot, typically a return of serve; If someone poaches fish, animals, or birds, they illegally catch them on someone else's property. Many wildlife parks are regularly invaded by people poaching game. + poacher poachers poach·er Security cameras have been installed to guard against poachers. + poaching poach·ing the poaching of elephants for their tusks; on offense, if you are not being covered or are wide open, you are said to be poached; on defense, to poach is to play slightly off your coverage and cover the throwing lane more than the person; To cook in a simmering liquid; hunt illegally; "people are poaching elephants for their ivory"; cook in a simmering liquid; "poached apricots" hunt illegally; "people are poaching elephants for their ivory; hunt illegally; "people are poaching elephants for their ivory; If you poach food such as fish, you cook it gently in boiling water, milk, or other liquid. Poach the chicken until just cooked. a pear poached in red wine + poaching poach·ing You will need a pot of broth for poaching; To rob of game; to pocket and convey away by stealth, as game; hence, to plunder; To cook very gently in water or other liquid that is hot but not actually bubbling, about 160 degrees F-180 degrees F
poach ideas from another: steal another person's ideas, plagiarize another's thoughts
poach upon another's reserves: trespass a border, cross over a boundary
poached: Simple past tense and past participle of poach
poached: Cooked, or obtained by poaching
poacher: Any of type of elongated fish in the Agonidae family, also known as alligatorfish, starsnout, hooknose and rockhead
poacher: A person who trespasses in order to take game illegally, one who poaches
poacher: A vessel with shallow cuplike compartments in which eggs are cooked over boiling water
poacher: An attacker with good movement inside the penalty box, see
poaching: Present participle of poach
poaching: Trespassing in search of game
poacher: {n} one who kills game unlawfully
poaching: {n} the act of killing game unlawfully
poacher: (Spor) (goal poacher, especially in football) A player who waits near the opposite team's goal in order to try to score if they get the ball
poached: {s} cooked in boiling water
poached: That has been illegally hunted
poached: cooked in hot water
poached: That has or have been cooked by poaching
poacher: a cooking vessel designed to poach food (such as fish or eggs)
poacher: small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper northern Pacific waters
poacher: One who poaches; one who kills or catches game or fish contrary to law
poacher: A person who trespasses in order to take game illegally
poacher: someone who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of another
poacher: The American widgeon
poacher: small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper northern Pacific waters a cooking vessel designed to poach food (such as fish or eggs) someone who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of another
poacher: {i} unauthorized hunter, one who hunts illegally; trespasser, one who crosses borders illegally
poaching: to hunt or fish illegally
poaching: {i} illegal hunting of wildlife; process of cooking by boiling
poaching: hunting, trapping, or fishing illegally
poaching: Normally fish, meat or eggs are poached It is a very straightforward process: The liquid, usually water, is warmed to just below a simmer and the food is slowly cooked in the warm water The liquid should not be boiling at all
poaching: Wet soils which are trampled and 'churned up' by cattle, they become muddy and it often leads to a breakdown in soil structure
poaching: cooking in simmering liquid
poaching: killing animals illegally for profit
poaching: Cooking food in simmering liquid, just below boiling point
poaching: To gently cook in heated liquid that does not boil or simmer You can poach anything from an egg to a chicken This is a good method of cooking for a low-fat diet in that there is no added fat and the fat that cooks out is discarded with the liquid The basic rule is that the liquid is heated to the point just before a simmer It will be hot but will not move or have bubbles Meats cooked in this matter are very moist, tender and flavorful
poaching: - (1) The trampling of land when wet, by stock, so the soil becomes churned and middy, often to the detriment of the vegetation (2) The illegal taking of GAME
poaching: The illegal hunting or taking of wildlife out of its natural habitat
poaching: Process of removing acid and impurities from nitrocotton prior to processing into explosives
poaching: Poaching is the technique of gently boiling an item such as fish It usually is used for a whole and especially large fish, such as whole salmon or sea bass