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(transitive) To cook (something) in simmering or very hot liquid (usually water; sometimes wine, broth, or otherwise).
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(intransitive) To be cooked in such manner.
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The act of cooking in simmering liquid.
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(ambitransitive) To trespass on another's property to take fish or game.
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(ambitransitive) To take game or fish illegally.
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(by extension, ambitransitive) To take anything illegally or unfairly.
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(figurative) To intrude; to interfere; to get involved inappropriately, without welcome.
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(business, ambitransitive) To entice (an employee or customer) to switch from a competing company to one's own.
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To make soft or muddy by trampling.
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To become soft or muddy by being trampled on.
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(obsolete) To stab; to pierce; to spear or drive or plunge into something.
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The act of taking something unfairly, as in tennis doubles where one player returns a shot that their partner was better placed to return.