verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
fried/poached/boiled etc eggs
steamed/poached fish (= cooked over boiling water )
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The kitchen smelt of steamed fish.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The chicken was poached with basil and pepper.
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Volkswagen poached Lopez from GM in 1993.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But the Gulf of California is closer than you think, and currently under assault by everything from pollution to poaching.
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Companies in the survey were asked if they used any mechanisms to protect themselves against poaching by other businesses employing headhunters.
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In the New World preachers felt free to encroach and poach in search of souls.
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They no longer poach pigeons in public parks.
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Third, the ground must be well drained to prevent it being poached by the animals.