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Meaning of poaching

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

poaching

verb

Definitions

  1. To cook something in simmering liquid.

  2. To be cooked in simmering liquid

  3. To become soft or muddy.

  4. To make soft or muddy.

    Example: Cattle coming to drink had punched and poached the river bank into a mess of mud.

verb

Definitions

  1. To take game or fish illegally.

  2. To take anything illegally or unfairly.

  3. To entice (an employee or customer) to switch from a competing company to one's own.

noun

Definitions

  1. Illegal procurement of protected wildlife such as fish, game, logging, or plant collecting.