poach

1. v. & n. To cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water; also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel. Source: opted

2. v. & n. To rob of game; to pocket and convey away by stealth, as game; hence, to plunder. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

4. v. t. To stab; to pierce; to spear, \as fish. Source: opted

5. v. t. To force, drive, or plunge into anything. Source: opted

6. v. t. To make soft or muddy by trampling Source: opted

7. v. t. To begin and not complete. Source: opted

8. v. i. To become soft or muddy. Source: opted

9. v. hunt illegally Source: wordnet

10. v. cook in a simmering liquid Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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. Source: adambom

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