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poach::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | cook |
| Derivation | poacher, poaching |
poached apricots.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | hunt, hunt down, run, track down |
| Derivation | poacher |
people are poaching elephants for their ivory.
Examples of poach
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To gain high-paying subscribers, phone companies have to poach them from rivals.
From the sacbee.com
Pour the boiling clear broth over the scallops and let them poach for 5 minutes.
From the sacbee.com
You can poach them in acidulated water until tender, then add them to the sauce.
From the kansas.com
Meanwhile, other cheap VoIP firms like Vonage continue to poach phone customers.
From the forbes.com
Poach gently for half an hour before unwrapping, then cut it up wi'ready slicht.
From the guardian.co.uk
Bring slowly to a gentle simmer, reduce and poach the cherries until just soft.
From the independent.co.uk
Poach very gently for two and a half to three hours, until tender and yielding.
From the guardian.co.uk
Turn off the heat, cover, and allow the chicken to poach gently for 12 minutes.
From the denverpost.com
You can poach fish, you can broil fish, you can saute fish, you can grill fish.
From the denverpost.com
- Hunt illegally; "people are poaching elephants for their ivory"
- Cook in a simmering liquid; "poached apricots"
- (poached) boiled: cooked in hot water
- (poaching) cooking in simmering liquid
- Poaching is the illegal taking of wild plants or animals contrary to local and international conservation and wildlife management laws. Violations of hunting laws and regulations are normally punishable by law and, collectively, such violations are known as poaching.
- (Poaching (food)) Poaching is the process of gently simmering food in liquid, generally water, milk, stock or wine.
- (Poaching (snowboarding)) Poaching originally refers to the act of illegally snowboarding at a resort where snowboards are explicitly prohibited. Poaching is intended as a form of protest against what snowboarders view as segregation and can be seen as a form of civil disobedience.
- To cook something in simmering water; as in "cattle coming to drink had punched and poached the river bank into a mess of mud."
- (poaching) Trespassing in search of game
