'Poaching' definitions:
Definition of 'poaching'
(from WordNet)
noun
Cooking in simmering liquid
Definition of 'Poaching'
From: GCIDE
- Poach \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 cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water; also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To rob of game; to pocket and convey away by stealth, as game; hence, to plunder. --Garth. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'poaching'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstraction,
- annexation,
- appropriation,
- baking,
- barbecuing,
- basting,
- boiling,
- boosting,
- braising,
- brewing,
- broil,
- broiling,
- catering,
- conversion,
- conveyance,
- cookery,
- cooking,
- cuisine,
- culinary science,
- domestic science,
- embezzlement,
- filching,
- fraud,
- frying,
- graft,
- grilling,
- home economics,
- liberation,
- lifting,
- nutrition,
- pan-broiling,
- pilferage,
- pilfering,
- pinching,
- roasting,
- sauteing,
- scrounging,
- searing,
- shirring,
- shoplifting,
- simmering,
- snatching,
- sneak thievery,
- snitching,
- stealage,
- stealing,
- steeping,
- stewing,
- swindle,
- swiping,
- theft,
- thievery,
- thieving,
- toasting