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poach — [pəʊtʆ ǁ poʊtʆ] verb [intransitive, transitive] 1. HUMAN RESOURCES to persuade someone to leave an organization and come and work for you: • Wall Street firms have always poached each other s star brokers. poach from • We prefer not to poach from … Financial and business terms
poach — [pəutʃ US poutʃ] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(cook)¦ 2¦(animals)¦ 3¦(people)¦ 4¦(steal ideas)¦ 5 poach on somebody s territory/preserve ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Sense: 1; Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: pochier, from poche bag, pocket ] [Sense: 2 5; Date: 1600 1700; … Dictionary of contemporary English
poach — [ poutʃ ] verb 1. ) transitive to cook something in water, milk, or another liquid that is boiling gently: Poach the chicken in white wine for 15 minutes. a ) to cook an egg without its shell in water that is boiling gently 2. ) intransitive or… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
poach — Ⅰ. poach [1] ► VERB ▪ cook by simmering in a small amount of liquid. ORIGIN Old French pochier (earlier in the sense enclose in a bag ), from poche bag, pocket . Ⅱ. poach [2] ► VERB 1) illegally take (ga … English terms dictionary
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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Poach — Poach, v. i. To become soft or muddy. [1913 Webster] Chalky and clay lands . . . chap in summer, and poach in winter. Mortimer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
poach talent — ► HR to persuade very able and skilled employees from another organization to come and work for you: »Rival brokers have been sniffing around in a bid to poach talent. Main Entry: ↑poach … Financial and business terms
poach — poach·wood; poach; poach·er; … English syllables
poach on someone's territory — poach on someone’s territory phrase to do something that you do not have the right to do, because someone else is in charge of doing it Thesaurus: to do something wrong, or to be badsynonym Main entry: poach * * * encroach on someone else s… … Useful english dictionary