poach
11poach — I verb appropriate, carry off, filch, furtim feras intercipere, make off with, misappropriate, peculate, pilfer, pirate, plunder by stealth, purloin, rifle, run off with, snatch, steal, take by illegal methods, take by unfair methods, take… …
12poach — [v] infringe upon; trespass appropriate, encroach, filch, fish illegally, hunt illegally, intrude, pilfer, plunder, rob, smuggle, steal; concepts 139,192 Ant. keep off …
13poach — poach1 [pōch] vt. [ME pochen < MFr pochier, to pocket < poche, pouch, pocket (< Frank * pokka, pocket: for IE base see POKE2): the yolk is “pocketed” in the white] to cook (fish, an egg without its shell, etc.) in water or other liquid… …
14Poach — Andreas Poach (auch Andreas Poch; * um 1515 in Eilenburg; † 2. April 1585 in Utenbach) war ein lutherischer Theologe und Reformator. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Werke 3 Literatur …
15poach — [[t]po͟ʊtʃ[/t]] poaches, poaching, poached 1) VERB If someone poaches fish, animals, or birds, they illegally catch them on someone else s property. [V n] Many national parks set up to provide a refuge for wildlife are regularly invaded by people …
16poach — UK [pəʊtʃ] / US [poʊtʃ] verb Word forms poach : present tense I/you/we/they poach he/she/it poaches present participle poaching past tense poached past participle poached 1) a) [transitive] to cook an egg without its shell in water that is… …
17poach — v. (D; intr.) ( to trespass ) to poach on, upon * * * [pəʊtʃ] upon (D; intr.) ( to trespass ) to poach on …
18poach — English has two words poach, both of which go back ultimately to Old French pocher ‘put in a bag’, a derivative of poche ‘bag’ (source of English pocket and pouch). The cookery term [15] is an allusion to the forming of little ‘bags’ or ‘pockets’ …
19poach — {{11}}poach (v.1) steal game, 1520s, to push, poke, from M.Fr. pocher to thrust, poke, from O.Fr. pochier poke out, gouge, from a Germanic source (Cf. M.H.G. puchen to pound, beat, knock ) related to POKE (Cf. poke) (v.). Sense of trespass for… …
20poach — English has two words poach, both of which go back ultimately to Old French pocher ‘put in a bag’, a derivative of poche ‘bag’ (source of English pocket and pouch). The cookery term [15] is an allusion to the forming of little ‘bags’ or ‘pockets’ …
