English-Finnish translations for poach

Definition of poach

  • To cook something in simmering liquid
  • To be cooked in simmering liquid
  • To become soft or muddy
  • To make soft or muddy
  • To stab; to pierce; to spear, as fish
  • To force, drive, or plunge into anything
  • To begin and not complete
  • The act of cooking in simmering liquid
  • To take game or fish illegally
  • To entice to switch from a competing company to one's own
  • The act of taking something unfairly, as in tennis doubles where one player returns a shot that their partner was better placed to return

Examples

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

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