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    [Verb]  | "poach" | \ ˈpōch \


    1: to cook in simmering liquid


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English pocchen, from Middle French pocher, from Old French poché poached, literally, bagged, from poche bag, pocket {mat|pouch|};

    [Verb]  | "poach" 


    1: to encroach upon especially for the purpose of taking something

    2: to trespass for the purpose of stealing game; also : to take game or fish illegally

    3: to trespass on


    Origin: 1611 ;

     Middle French pocher, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle English poken to poke;

    [Verb]  | "poached" 


    1: to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam;


      * e.g., " ... poaching fish in a stock flavored with white wine "



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    [Verb]  | "poach" 


    1: to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam;


      * e.g., " ... poaching fish in a stock flavored with white wine "



    •  Antonyms : 

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     [ "poached" ]

    1: verb: drunk, usually meaning more than a little bit drunk.

      * e.g.,  ... "I got so poached last night." 

     [ "Poach" ]

    1: To hire a worker away from a competitor

      * e.g.,  ... Wow, ABC research firm just poached our best programmer. 

     [ "Poach" ]

    1: Poach/ing/in'

      * e.g.,  ... Yo, lets hit up the pool for some cheeky late night poachin'! 


     [ "Poach" ]

    2: To flirt or hit on someone.

     [ "Poached" ]

    1: When a man is stalked and picked up by a woman.

      * e.g.,  ... Friend: how did you guys meet? 

     [ "poaching" ]

    1: To go after other women, while currently in a relationship. i.e. hunting out of season

      * e.g.,  ... He was down at the bar poaching again.... 

     [ "poach" ]

    1: To steal another man's girl.

      * e.g.,  ... Don poached my girl, so now they're going out and I'm single. 

     [ "poach" ]

    1: Where, within a commission sales environment, a commission sales person steps into a sale OR takes the sale from a non-commission paid employee, thus recieving all commission credit from the sale.

      * e.g.,  ... "Will Doo, i'm poaching the deal on that fuck'n big screen you assclown! Oh, by the way, what's your sister doing this weekend?" 

     [ "poaching" ]

    1: Hiking off trail to ski "illegal" or forbidden terrain, or just skiing on closed trails.

      * e.g.,  ... "Lets go poach that ledge" 

     [ "poaching" ]

    1: Doing something you shouldn't do i.e. stealing--- comes from a snowboarding term to go somewhere roped off that you aren't supposed to go into.

      * e.g.,  ... I'm poaching my sister's Netflix. 

     [ "poach" ]

    1: To take a coworker's lunch from the communal refrigerator.

      * e.g.,  ... That little shit-weasel Raymond better not poach my fucking tuna sandwich again. 

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