Search results
- Dictionarypoach/pōCH/
verb
- 1. illegally hunt or catch (game or fish) on land that is not one's own or in contravention of official protection: "20 tigers are thought to have been poached from national parks" Similar
- 2. (of an animal) trample or cut up (turf) with its hoofs: "zero-grazing saves the fields from poaching"
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
The meaning of POACH is to cook in simmering liquid. How to use poach in a sentence.
to take and use for yourself unfairly or dishonestly something, usually an idea, that belongs to someone else: Jeff always poaches my ideas, and then pretends that they're his own.
Poach definition: to cook (eggs, fish, fruits, etc.) in a hot liquid that is kept just below the boiling point.. See examples of POACH used in a sentence.
1. To take fish or game illegally, especially by trespassing on another's property. 2. a. To take or appropriate something unfairly or illegally. b. To encroach on another person's rights or responsibilities: felt the guys in accounting were poaching on his turf. c. Sports To play a ball out of turn or in another's territory, as in doubles tennis.
poach. (poʊtʃ ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense poaches , present participle poaching , past tense, past participle poached. 1. verb. If someone poaches fish, animals, or birds, they illegally catch them on someone else's property. Many wildlife parks are regularly invaded by people poaching game. [VERB noun] [ Also VERB]
[transitive, intransitive] poach (something) to illegally hunt birds, animals or fish on somebody else’s property or without permission. The elephants are poached for their tusks.
Definitions of poach. verb. hunt illegally. “people are poaching elephants for their ivory” see more. verb. cook in a simmering liquid. “ poached apricots” see more. Pronunciation. US. /poʊtʃ/ UK. /pəʊtʃ/ Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Poach." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/poach.
a heavy fine for poaching. POACH meaning: 1 : to cook (something) in a small amount of liquid that is almost boiling; 2 : to cook (an egg without its shell) in boiling water or in a small cup over boiling water.
Definition of poach verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. transitive verb/intransitive verb. If someone poaches fish, animals, or birds, they illegally catch them on someone else's property. Many national parks set up to provide a refuge for wildlife are regularly invaded by people poaching game. Synonyms: steal, rob, plunder, hunt or fish illegally More Synonyms of poach.
