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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

poach
    v 1: hunt illegally; "people are poaching elephants for their
         ivory"
    2: cook in a simmering liquid; "poached apricots"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Poach \Poach\, v. i.
   To steal or pocket game, or to carry it away privately, as in
   a bag; to kill or destroy game contrary to law, especially by
   night; to hunt or fish unlawfully; as, to poach for rabbits
   or for salmon.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Poach \Poach\, v. t. [Cf. OF. pocher to thrust or dig out with
   the fingers, to bruise (the eyes), F. pouce thumb, L. pollex,
   and also E. poach to cook eggs, to plunder, and poke to
   thrust against.]
   1. To stab; to pierce; to spear, as fish. [Obs.] --Carew.
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   2. To force, drive, or plunge into anything. [Obs.]
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            His horse poching one of his legs into some hollow
            ground.                               --Sir W.
                                                  Temple.
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   3. To make soft or muddy by trampling. --Tennyson.
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   4. To begin and not complete. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Poach \Poach\ (p[=o]ch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poached
   (p[=o]cht); p. pr. & vb. n. Poaching.] [F. pocher to place
   in a pocket, to poach eggs (the yolk of the egg being as it
   were pouched in the white), from poche pocket, pouch. See
   Pouch, v. & n.]
   1. To cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water;
      also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel.
      --Bacon.
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   2. To rob of game; to pocket and convey away by stealth, as
      game; hence, to plunder. --Garth.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Poach \Poach\, v. i.
   To become soft or muddy.
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         Chalky and clay lands . . . chap in summer, and poach
         in winter.                               --Mortimer.
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6. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016)

POACH
       PC-On-A-Chip (PC)

Thesaurus Results for Poach:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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