Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb poach

2 senses of poach

Sense 1
poach -- (hunt illegally; "people are poaching elephants for their ivory")
       => hunt, run, hunt down, track down -- (pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods")

Sense 2
poach -- (cook in a simmering liquid; "poached apricots")
       => cook -- (transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes")

Antonyms of adj poached

1 sense of poached

Sense 1
boiled, poached, stewed -- (cooked in hot water)

INDIRECT (VIA cooked) -> raw -- (not treated with heat to prepare it for eating)

Similarity of adj poached

1 sense of poached

Sense 1
boiled, poached, stewed -- (cooked in hot water)
       => cooked (vs. raw) -- (having been prepared for eating by the application of heat)