1syllable
poached
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Definitions ofpoached
1verb
- To cook something in simmering liquid.
- To be cooked in simmering liquid
- To become soft or muddy.
- To make soft or muddy.
Example: "Cattle coming to drink had punched and poached the river bank into a mess of mud."
- To stab; to pierce; to spear, as fish.
- To force, drive, or plunge into anything.
- To begin and not complete.
1verb
- To take game or fish illegally.
- To take anything illegally or unfairly.
- To entice (an employee or customer) to switch from a competing company to one's own.
1adjective
- Cooked by poaching.
- Obtained by poaching.
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