poach – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to poach
Participle: poached
Gerund: poaching

Cognates

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Indicative

Subjunctive

Conditional

Imperative

you	poach
we	Let's poach
you	poach

Indicative

Conditional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to take something that does not belong to one

abduct, abstract, appropriate, bag, bandit, bone, boost, borrow, burglarize, burgle, cheat, chore, convert, cop, cozen, crib, embezzle, filch, fleece, flog, gaffle, half-inch, heist, jack, kidnap, knock off, kype, kyper, liberate, lift, loot, make off with, mill, misappropriate, moonlight requisition, nick, own, peculate, pickpocket, pilfer, pillage, pinch, pirate, plunder, pocket, prig, purloin, raid, ransack, rape, reave, rip, rip off, rob, run off with, snag, snatch, steal, swindle, swipe, thieve, walk off with

to pierce or wound with a pointed tool or weapon

chef, chib, ching, chive, enthrill, foin, gore, gride, jab, job, juke, kebab, knifecrime, pigstick, pink, run through, spear, speet, splash, stab, stick, stob, stog, thrust, yerk

cook

stir, mix, mash, mingle

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. "steal game," 1528, "to push, poke," from M.Fr. pocher "to thrust, poke," from O.Fr. pochier "poke out, gouge," from a Gmc. source (cf. M.H.G. puchen "to pound, beat, knock") related to poke (v.). Sense of "trespass for the sake of stealing" is first attested 1611, perhaps via notion of "thrusting" oneself onto another's property.
2. From Middle English pochen (“to poach (eggs)”), from Old French pocher "to put (egg yolks) in pockets" (i.e. in bags formed by the whites), from Old French poche (“pocket”).

Verbs referencing "poach"

Esperanto poĉi.

Sample Sentences