poach

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   cook in a simmering liquid

   Poached apricots.

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”).

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