Definition of poach
: to cook in simmering liquid
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Mikey focused on poaching eggs on the red team, while Beni Cwiakala, of the Pilsen neighborhood, chopped chives and cooked ham for the blue team.
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But culinary school has a strange way of stripping you of your knowledge and resetting your cooking building blocks to square one (boiling, poaching, steaming, sautéeing...).
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The faux deer, or whatever animal is being poached, looks real from a distance.
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Lay chicken in mixture; cover and simmer (poach) 15 minutes; do not boil.
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Last year in South Africa, 1,028 rhinos were poached, a slight drop from 2016, when 1,054 were killed.
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Last year in South Africa, 1,028 rhinos were poached, a slight drop from 2016, when 1,054 were killed.
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It is expected to poach skilled workers from incumbent manufacturers that have survived in the region — Modine Manufacturing Co., Twin Disc Inc., InSinkErator (inventor of the garbage disposal) and S.C. Johnson.
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The Obama Justice Department began to crack down on no-poaching agreement, and Trump’s Justice Department has begun criminal investigation of no-poaching agreements.
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Origin and Etymology of poach
Middle English pocchen, from Middle French pocher, from Old French poché poached, literally, bagged, from poche bag, pocket — more at pouch
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First Known Use: 15th century
in the meaning defined above
See Words from the same yearDefinition of poach
1
: to encroach upon especially for the purpose of taking something
2
: to trespass for the purpose of stealing game;
also
: to take game or fish illegally
1
: to trespass on
- a field poached too frequently by the amateur
- —The Times Literary Supplement (London)
2 a
: to take (game or fish) by illegal methods
b
: to appropriate (something) as one's own
c
: to attract (someone, such as an employee or customer) away from a competitor
Origin and Etymology of poach
Middle French pocher, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle English poken to poke
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First Known Use: 1611
in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
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Definition of poach for Students
poached;
poaching
: to cook slowly in liquid
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