Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun poaching

1 sense of poaching

Sense 1
poaching -- (cooking in simmering liquid)
       => cooking, cookery, preparation -- (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife")

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")