poach

/ˈpoʊtʃ/ · noun

Meaning

The act of cooking in simmering liquid.
To cook something in simmering liquid.
To be cooked in simmering liquid
To become soft or muddy.
To make soft or muddy.
To stab; to pierce; to spear, as fish.
To force, drive, or plunge into anything.
The act of taking something unfairly, as in tennis doubles where one player returns a shot that their partner was better placed to return.
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.

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