poaches
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The act of cooking in simmering liquid.
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To cook something in simmering liquid.
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To be cooked in simmering liquid
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To become soft or muddy.
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To make soft or muddy.
“Cattle coming to drink had punched and poached the river bank into a mess of mud.”
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To stab; to pierce; to spear, as fish.
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To force, drive, or plunge into anything.
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To begin and not complete.
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The act of taking something unfairly, as in tennis doubles where one player returns a shot that their partner was better placed to return.
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To take game or fish illegally.
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To take anything illegally or unfairly.
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To entice (an employee or customer) to switch from a competing company to one's own.
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