poach
21poach — poach1 poachable, adj. /pohch/, v.i. 1. to trespass, esp. on another s game preserve, in order to steal animals or to hunt. 2. to take game or fish illegally. 3. (of land) to become broken up or slushy by being trampled. 4. (in tennis, squash …
22poach — verb Poach is used with these nouns as the object: ↑egg, ↑elephant, ↑fish, ↑salmon …
23poach — verb 1 COOK (T) a) to cook eggs in a special pan over boiling water: poached eggs on toast b) to cook fish or meat in boiling water or other liquid: Salmon is usually poached in a fish kettle. 2 ANIMALS (I, T) to catch or shoot animals, birds, or …
24poach — I [[t]poʊtʃ[/t]] v. i. 1) to trespass, as on another s game preserve, in order to steal or hunt animals 2) to take game or fish illegally 3) to encroach; trespass 4) (of land) to become broken up or slushy through trampling 5) to sink into wet… …
25poach — 1. v.tr. 1 cook (an egg) without its shell in or over boiling water. 2 cook (fish etc.) by simmering in a small amount of liquid. Derivatives: poacher n. Etymology: ME f. OF pochier f. poche POKE(2) 2. v. 1 tr. (also absol.) catch (game or fish)… …
26poach talent — ► HR to persuade very able and skilled employees from another organization to come and work for you: »Rival brokers have been sniffing around in a bid to poach talent. Main Entry: ↑poach …
27poach on someone's territory — poach on someone’s territory phrase to do something that you do not have the right to do, because someone else is in charge of doing it Thesaurus: to do something wrong, or to be badsynonym Main entry: poach * * * encroach on someone else s… …
28poach on someone's territory/turf — to do something that someone else should do : to interfere in an area that another person usually controls You can t keep other candidates from poaching on your turf. [=from trying to get voters who usually vote for you or your party to vote for …
29poach — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English pocchen, from Middle French pocher, from Old French poché poached, literally, bagged, from poche bag, pocket more at pouch Date: 15th century to cook in simmering liquid II. verb Etymology: Middle… …
30poach — 1) to catch and take away fish illegally 2) to poke or stir with a stick, as applied to driving fish into cover or flushing them out of hole and overhanging bank …
