Associations to the word «Poached»
Noun
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Wiktionary
POACH, verb. (transitive) To cook something in simmering liquid.
POACH, verb. (intransitive) To be cooked in simmering liquid
POACH, verb. To become soft or muddy.
POACH, verb. To make soft or muddy.
POACH, verb. (obsolete) To stab; to pierce; to spear, as fish.
POACH, verb. (obsolete) To force, drive, or plunge into anything.
POACH, verb. (obsolete) To begin and not complete.
POACH, verb. (transitive) (intransitive) To take game or fish illegally.
POACH, verb. (transitive) (intransitive) To take anything illegally or unfairly.
POACH, verb. (transitive) (intransitive) To cause an employee or customer to switch from a competing company to your own company.
Dictionary definition
POACH, verb. Hunt illegally; "people are poaching elephants for their ivory".
POACH, verb. Cook in a simmering liquid; "poached apricots".
Wise words
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to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.