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Poached

verb
/pəʊtʃt/
Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.verbTo cook something in simmering liquid.
2.verbTo be cooked in simmering liquid
3.verbTo become soft or muddy.
4.verbTo make soft or muddy.
"Cattle coming to drink had punched and poached the river bank into a mess of mud."
5.verbTo stab; to pierce; to spear, as fish.
6.verbTo force, drive, or plunge into anything.
7.verbTo begin and not complete.
8.verbTo take game or fish illegally.
9.verbTo take anything illegally or unfairly.
10.verbTo entice (an employee or customer) to switch from a competing company to one's own.
11.adjectiveCooked by poaching.
12.adjectiveObtained by poaching.

Synonyms

stewedcookedboiledstolenflownstolepriedrobbedsteamedfriedroastedtoasted

Rhymes With

approachedbroachedcoachedencroachedroached
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