Synonyms of poached

poached

verb

past tense of poach

as in boiled

to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam

poaching fish in a stock flavored with white wine

Synonyms & Similar Words

• boiled
• stewed
• simmered
• parboiled
• coddled
• steamed
• braised
• scalded
• smothered
• pressure-cooked
• fricasseed
• reboiled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of poached

Only seven have made more than 20 first-team appearances for the club that poached them, with 47 having never played a single minute for the poacher club. — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026

Even if eggs are boiled or poached, pairing them with healthy fats like avocado or nuts can provide the fat needed to support vitamin D absorption. — Morgan Pearson, Verywell Health, 26 July 2026

Facebook then hired Yann LeCun, an NYU professor, to establish the company’s AI-research lab; Uber poached some 40 Carnegie Mellon researchers to work on driverless cars. — Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026

Meta poached a top executive at Amazon’s cloud division, AWS, to help build out its data center infrastructure business, The Wall Street Journal reports. — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 17 July 2026

It is well documented that neighboring states offering higher pay have poached some of Florida’s best coaches. — Timothy Baghurst, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026

The crews are stretched, the good people get poached and the pipeline behind them looks thinner every season. — Brad Strawbridge, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

OpenAI has aggressively poached top current and former Apple leadership and engineering talent, primarily to build a dedicated hardware division. — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 10 July 2026

After obtaining the permit, Do bought turtles poached from the wild in Florida and elsewhere, and tried to acquire more, prosecutors said. — Jason Green, Mercury News, 19 May 2026