Poach

What do we mean by poach?

To take fish or game illegally, especially by trespassing on another's property. intransitive verb

To take or appropriate something unfairly or illegally. intransitive verb

To encroach on another person's rights or responsibilities. intransitive verb

To play a ball out of turn or in another's territory, as in doubles tennis. intransitive verb

To become muddy or broken up from being trampled. Used of land. intransitive verb

To sink into soft earth when walking. intransitive verb

To take (fish or game) illegally, especially by trespassing on another's property. intransitive verb

To take or appropriate unfairly or illegally. intransitive verb

To play (a ball) out of turn or in another's territory. intransitive verb

To make (land) muddy or broken up by trampling. intransitive verb

To cook in a boiling or simmering liquid. transitive verb

To intrude or encroach upon another's preserves for the purpose of stealing game; kill and carry off game in violation of law.

To trespass upon, especially for the purpose of killing and stealing game.

To poke; thrust; push; put.

To stab; pierce; spear: as, to poach fish.

To tread; break up or render slushy by frequent treading; mark with footprints.

To make a thrust in or as in sword-play.

To be penetrable, as soft muddy or marshy ground; be damp and swampy.

The act of cooking in simmering liquid.

Words that are spelled similarly to poach:
poach, coach, pouch, porch, peach, roach, pooch, loach, potch, poch, proach, pach, noach, posch, ponch, prach, poah, oach, poarch.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word poach:
tutor, players, fish, clubs, star, represented.

Words that rhyme with poach:
approach, coach, reproach, broach, encroach, brooch, cockroach, roach, loach, roche, stagecoach, caroche, trolley coach, german cockroach, hackney coach, doetsch, slip coach, football coach, hockey coach, asiatic cockroach, basketball coach, baseball coach, landing approach, line coach, goetsch, tennis coach, oriental roach, american cockroach, oriental cockroach, australian cockroach, giant cockroach, roache, batting coach, pitching coach.

Adjectives that are often used to describe poach:
laity, front, back.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective poach:
eggs, fish, chicken, oysters, pears, egg, minutes, salmon, fillets, breasts, game, fruits.

Consonant match to poach:
pitch, patch, perch, pouch, peach, putsch, pooch, potch, poche, piche, piech, pietsch, puche, pitsch, petsche, pautsch, petsch.

Words that sound like poach:
poach, pitch, peach, patch, pouch, pooch, pich, putsch, pach, potch, poche, puche, petch, peche, piche, poge, pitsch, pietsch, piech, petsche, pooc, pucc, poee, page, pole, push, pose, poke, posh, poll, poe, po, paige, poacher, polk, pudge, poached, podge, pash, poen, pish, pote, poes, poh, pesh, pows, ppo, pge, lbj, poat, pige, ptch, padge, poze, proach, pch, poa, paj, poal, peau, pij, posch, poachy, pohl, pusch, pesch, pej, poak, paage, post-, poah, paje, pasche, peage, peaje, pohs, bitch, beach, batch, butch, botch, beech, buch, bouche, betch, boge, bache, boche, bouch, booch, bauch, beotch, buche, bueche, boesch, bouc, pai, payee, p e, p.i.