Home / Dictionary / Poach

Poach Common

Poach has 6 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

The act of cooking in simmering liquid.

2

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
1

hunt illegally

"people are poaching elephants for their ivory"

2

cook in a simmering liquid

"poached apricots"

3

To cook something in simmering liquid.

4

To trespass on another's porperty to take fish or game

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
hunt cook
Rhyming Words
ach bach hach rach tach lach mach zach nach coach trach peach leach loach beach roach reach meach hrach vlach
Compare
Poach vs