poaching
part of speech
noun (poaching, uncountable); verb form (present participle of poach)
meaning for a pupil
1) Illegally hunting or catching animals, birds or fish, especially on someone else's land or protected animals like elephants and rhinos. tree →
2) Cooking food, such as eggs or fish, gently in water or milk that is just below boiling. tree →
3) Taking or tempting away someone else's workers, players or ideas: «poaching players». tree →
sense in the lessons
In geography and science lessons on endangered animals, poaching for ivory and horns is a big threat to elephants, rhinos and tigers; rangers try to stop poachers. In cooking lessons and at breakfast, poaching eggs is a healthy way to cook them. In sport news, clubs accuse others of poaching players.
examples
- Poaching has made black rhinos very rare. tree →
- Rangers patrol the park to stop poaching. tree →
- Dad is poaching eggs for breakfast. tree →
- Poaching fish in milk keeps it soft. tree →
- The big club was accused of poaching young players. tree →
- Poaching deer on the lord's land was once punished harshly. tree →
note
From «poach» (poach, poaches, poached, poaching). A poacher is a person who poaches animals. In football, a «poacher» is a striker who scores close to the goal. Poached egg = egg cooked without its shell in simmering water.
Trees and pragmatics
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