Word

poach, v.
(poached, poaches, poaching)
freq. cnt. 2

cook in a simmering liquid
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

poach

sample sentences

"poached apricots"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
The chefs %s the vegetables

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

poaching poacher

semantic pointers

hypernym

hunt illegally
<verb.competition> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

poach

sample sentences

"people are poaching elephants for their ivory"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
The men %s the area for animals
The men %s for animals in the area

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

hunt, track down, hunt down, run