verb. Simple past tense and past participle of poach.

adjective. Cooked, or obtained by poaching

adjective. cooked in hot water

"Even at £29 I might have gone for the Dover sole until I saw it was described as poached, in other words probably cooked sous-vide, or boil-in-the-bag to use a less technical and not quite accurate term."

cooked  

approached  broached  coached  encroached  

better-class  blueback  buthave  frogs'  full-formed  

poach