Thesaurus: poach

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1. v. & n. To cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water; also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel.
2. v. & n. To rob of game; to pocket and convey away by stealth, as game; hence, to plunder.
3. 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.
4. v. t. To stab; to pierce; to spear, \as fish.
5. v. t. To force, drive, or plunge into anything.
6. v. t. To make soft or muddy by trampling
7. v. t. To begin and not complete.
8. v. i. To become soft or muddy.
9. v. hunt illegally
10. v. cook in a simmering liquid
11. 1. To cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water; also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel. Bacon. 2. To rob of game; to pocket and convey away by stealth, as game; hence, to plunder. Garth. 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. 1. To stab; to pierce; to spear, \as fish. [Obs.] Carew. 2. To force, drive, or plunge into anything. [Obs.] His horse poching one of his legs into some hollow ground. Sir W. Temple. 3. To make soft or muddy by trampling Tennyson. 4. To begin and not complete. [Obs.] Bacon. To become soft or muddy. Chalky and clay lands . . . chap in summer, and poach in winter. Mortimer.
12. To steal or pocket game, or to carry it away privately, as in abag; to kill or destroy game contrary to law, especially by night; tohunt or fish unlawfully; as, to poach for rabbits or for salmon.