poached
pronunciation
How to pronounce poached in British English:
UK 
How to pronounce poached in American English:
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- Adjective:
- cooked in hot water
Word Origin
- poached (adj.)
- of eggs, mid-15c., past participle adjective from poach (v.2).
Example
- 1. Earlier this year , apple poached amazon search executive william stasior .
- 2. Its boss , jack dunn , has poached some of kroll 's best snoops .
- 3. Man poached buck that would have ranked 4th largest in ohio history .
- 4. In chad alone , at least 30 elephants are known to have been poached last month .
- 5. At sinatra , try the black lentil salad , couscous with poached veggies , pineapple carpaccio with pistachios and coconut ice cream .