poacher

«poacher» in Mova's school dictionary: A person who hunts or catches animals or fish illegally… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a poacher, poachers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A person who hunts or catches animals or fish illegally, often rare animals like elephants and rhinos. tree →

2) A pan for poaching (gently cooking) eggs. tree →

3) (sport) A player who scores by waiting near the goal. tree →

sense in the lessons

In conservation and geography lessons, poachers kill elephants for ivory and rhinos for their horns, so rangers protect parks. In old stories, a poacher steals rabbits or deer from a rich landowner. Phrases: ivory poachers, poacher turned gamekeeper (someone who changes sides).

examples

• Poachers killed the rhino for its horn. tree →
• Park rangers chase poachers away from the elephants. tree →
• In the story, the poor man became a poacher to feed his children. tree →
• An egg poacher cooks eggs in little cups over water. tree →
• The striker is a goal poacher who always finds space. tree →
• Dogs help sniff out poachers in Africa. tree →

note

Countable. Verb: poach (to hunt illegally, or to cook gently in water; also to take someone from another team). Poaching wild animals is a crime in most countries.

In the corpora

• Dian Fossey studied mountain gorillas in Rwanda and fought against poachers who trapped them; her work helped start the protection that saved them.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «poacher» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.