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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
poach .
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Examples
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Heat for another few minutes while the egg kind of poaches in the soup.
Archive 2009-02-01 Lee Lee 2009
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Heat for another few minutes while the egg kind of poaches in the soup.
Five things about my day: Monday 16/2/2009 Lee Lee 2009
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The dessert "poaches" in the syrup, so the pastry stays tender even without fat.
Archive 2008-09-01 Bryanna Clark Grogan 2008
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The dessert "poaches" in the syrup, so the pastry stays tender even without fat.
THREE EASY AND DELICIOUS FALL TREE FRUIT DESSERTS Bryanna Clark Grogan 2008
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The only time for the partner to protect the overhead is when the net man "poaches," is outguessed, and the ball tossed over his head.
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The dessert "poaches" in the syrup, so the pastry stays tender even without fat.
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I dont understand putting fines on poachers who poach deer or turkey or pheasant, but not on someone who poaches squirrel, rabbit, or other game.
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Perhaps the best amalgamation of Kahane's effectively intricate arrangements and the newly acquired electric guitar sheen occurs on "Last Dance," a melancholic portrait of a new widow, or perhaps an abandoned lover "She takes her bundle of pills, she poaches her egg and eats it/And feels his slight impression like crushed pillows hold the shape of a body after nights of sleep and shadows".
Daniel J. Kushner: After Aesthetics: Gabriel Kahane's Where Are The Arms Daniel J. Kushner 2011
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Perhaps the best amalgamation of Kahane's effectively intricate arrangements and the newly acquired electric guitar sheen occurs on "Last Dance," a melancholic portrait of a new widow, or perhaps an abandoned lover "She takes her bundle of pills, she poaches her egg and eats it/And feels his slight impression like crushed pillows hold the shape of a body after nights of sleep and shadows".
Daniel J. Kushner: After Aesthetics: Gabriel Kahane's Where Are The Arms Daniel J. Kushner 2011
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I dont understand putting fines on poachers who poach deer or turkey or pheasant, but not on someone who poaches squirrel, rabbit, or other game.
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