Tom asked Mary to teach him how to poach an egg in a microwave oven.
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Poach
//ˈpoʊt͡ʃ//
Synonyms for "poach" (119 found)
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Translations
78 translations across 26 languages.
Armenian
3 entries- ձկնաագողությամբ զբաղվել verb (to take game or fish illegally)
- որսագողությամբ զբաղվել verb (to take game or fish illegally)
- պաշոտ եփել verb (to cook in simmering liquid)
Bulgarian
4 entries- бракониерствам verb (to take game or fish illegally)
- варя verb (to cook in simmering liquid)
- варя се verb (to be cooked in simmering liquid)
- разрохквам verb (to make soft or muddy)
Catalan
1 entries- escaldar verb (to cook in simmering liquid)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 盜獵 /盗猎 verb (to take game or fish illegally)
Czech
4 entries- mírně povařit verb (to cook in simmering liquid)
- pošírovat verb (to cook in simmering liquid)
- pytlačit verb (to take game or fish illegally)
- přetahovat verb (to entice an employee or customer to switch)
Dutch
3 entries- pocheren verb (to cook in simmering liquid)
- pocheren verb (to be cooked in simmering liquid)
- stropen verb (to take game or fish illegally)
Esperanto
2 entries- poĉi verb (to cook in simmering liquid)
- ŝtelĉasi verb (to take game or fish illegally)
Finnish
4 entries- hauduttaa verb (to cook in simmering liquid)
- hautua verb (to be cooked in simmering liquid)
- kaapata verb (to take illegally or unfairly)
- kaapata verb (to entice an employee or customer to switch)
French
4 entries- braconner verb (to take game or fish illegally)
- débaucher verb (to entice an employee or customer to switch)
- détourner verb (to entice an employee or customer to switch)
- pocher verb (to cook in simmering liquid)
German
4 entries- abwerben verb (to entice an employee or customer to switch)
- klauen verb (to take illegally or unfairly)
- pochieren verb (to cook in simmering liquid)
- stehlen verb (to take illegally or unfairly)
Hebrew
1 entries- שלק verb (to cook in simmering liquid)
Hungarian
3 entries- bever verb (to cook in simmering liquid)
- buggyant verb (to cook in simmering liquid)
- posíroz verb (to cook in simmering liquid)
Italian
3 entries- assumere verb (to entice an employee or customer to switch)
- cacciare di frodo verb (to take game or fish illegally)
- pescare di frodo verb (to take game or fish illegally)
Japanese
3 entries- 密漁する verb (to take game or fish illegally)
- 密猟する verb (to take game or fish illegally)
- 横取りする verb (to take illegally or unfairly)
Macedonian
4 entries- криволови verb (to take game or fish illegally)
- ловокраде verb (to take game or fish illegally)
- поширање verb (to cook in simmering liquid)
- се пошира verb (to be cooked in simmering liquid)
Māori
1 entries- kaihaumi verb (to take game or fish illegally)
Polish
1 entries- kłusować verb (to take game or fish illegally)
Portuguese
2 entries- caçar/pescar furtivamente verb (to take game or fish illegally)
- escalfar verb (to cook in simmering liquid)
Russian
3 entries- занима́ться браконье́рством verb (to take game or fish illegally)
- перема́нивать verb (to entice an employee or customer to switch)
- перемани́ть verb (to entice an employee or customer to switch)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- poidsig verb (to take game or fish illegally)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- poširanje verb (to cook in simmering liquid)
Slovak
1 entries- pytliačiť verb (to take game or fish illegally)
Spanish
4 entries- (poaching) practicar furtivismo verb (to take game or fish illegally)
- cazar cabeza verb (to entice an employee or customer to switch)
- cazar furtivamente verb (to take game or fish illegally)
- escalfar verb (to cook in simmering liquid)
Swedish
2 entries- tjuvfiska verb (to take game or fish illegally)
- tjuvjaga verb (to take game or fish illegally)
Walloon
1 entries- bracner verb (to take game or fish illegally)
Welsh
1 entries- herwhela verb (to take game or fish illegally)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Tom wanted poached eggs, so he first had to poach a chicken.
Source: tatoeba (8220391)
Why go through all that trouble to poach a gazelle?
Source: tatoeba (11223202)
Eldridge closed the despatch-case with a snap and, rising briskly, walked down the corridor to his solitary table in the dining-car. Mulligatawny soup, poached turbot, roast leg of lamb—the usual railway dinner.
Source: wiktionary
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.