When people poach deer or ducks, they hunt them illegally. On the other hand, when you poach an egg, it's perfectly legal you just cook it in simmering water.
To cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water; also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel.
Verb
cook in a simmering liquid; "poached apricots"
Verb
hunt illegally; "people are poaching elephants for their ivory"
v. & n.
To cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water;
also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel.
v. & n.
To rob of game; to pocket and convey away by stealth,
as game; hence, to plunder.
v. i.
To steal or pocket game, or to carry it away privately,
as in a bag; to kill or destroy game contrary to law, especially by
night; to hunt or fish unlawfully; as, to poach for rabbits or for
salmon.
v. t.
To stab; to pierce; to spear, \as fish.
v. t.
To force, drive, or plunge into anything.
v. t.
To make soft or muddy by trampling
v. t.
To begin and not complete.
v. i.
To become soft or muddy.
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His horse poching one of his legs into some hollow ground.3.
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Chalky and clay lands . . . chap in summer, and poach in winter.
To cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water; also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel.
To steal or pocket game, or to carry it away privately, as in a bag; to kill or destroy game contrary to law, especially by night; to hunt or fish unlawfully;
To stab; to pierce; to spear, as fish.
To become soft or muddy.
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