What does daub mean?
Definitions for daub
dɔbdaub
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word daub.
Princeton's WordNet
daubnoun
material used to daub walls
smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slurnoun
a blemish made by dirt
"he had a smudge on his cheek"
daubverb
an unskillful painting
plaster, daubverb
coat with plaster
"daub the wall"
daubverb
apply to a surface
"daub paint onto the wall"
daub, smearverb
cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
"smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster"
Wiktionary
daubnoun
A soft coating of mud, plaster etc.
daubnoun
A crude or amateurish painting.
daubverb
To apply something to a surface in hasty or crude strokes.
The artist just seemed to daub on paint at random and suddenly there was a painting.
Etymology: From dauber
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To DAUBverb
Etymology: dabben, Dutch; dauber, French.
She took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch. Exod. ii. 3.
Hasty daubing will but spoil the picture, and make it so unnatural as must want false light to set it off. Thomas Otway, Orph. Dedic.
They snatched out of his hands a lame imperfect piece, rudely daubed over with too little reflection, and too much haste. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.
If a picture is daubed with many bright and glaring colours, the vulgar admire it as an excellent piece. Isaac Watts, Logick.
So smooth he daub’d his vice with shew of virtue,
He liv’d from all attainder of suspect. William Shakespeare, R. III.Since princes will have such things, it is better they should be graced with elegancy than daubed with cost. Francis Bacon, Essays.
Let him be daub’d with lace, live high, and whore;
Sometimes be lousy, but be never poor. John Dryden, Juvenal.Let every one, therefore, attend the sentence of his conscience; for, he may be sure, it will not daub nor flatter. South.
To Daubverb
To play the hypocrite.
I cannot daub it further;
And yet I must. William Shakespeare, King Lear.
Wikipedia
daub
Mohamed Khider Airport or Biskra Ouakda Airport (IATA: BSK, ICAO: DAUB) is an airport in Algeria, located approximately 12 km north-northeast of Oumache; about 200 km south-southwest of Constantine.
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daub
Daub is a verb that typically means to apply, smear, coat, or spread a substance, often in a rough or careless manner. This substance could be paint, mud, plaster, or any other viscous material. Sometimes, it can also refer to the act of marking or covering something carelessly or randomly. As a noun, a daub refers to the substance applied, or the act or an instance of daubing.
Webster Dictionary
Daubverb
to smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear
Daubverb
to paint in a coarse or unskillful manner
Daubverb
to cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal
Daubverb
to flatter excessively or glossy
Daubverb
to put on without taste; to deck gaudily
Daubverb
to smear; to play the flatterer
Daubnoun
a viscous, sticky application; a spot smeared or dabed; a smear
Daubnoun
a picture coarsely executed
Etymology: [OE. dauben to smear, OF. dauber to plaster, fr. L. dealbare to whitewash, plaster; de- + albare to whiten, fr. albus white, perh. also confused with W. dwb plaster, dwbio to plaster, Ir. & OGael. dob plaster. See Alb, and cf. Dealbate.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Daub
dawb, v.t. to smear: to paint coarsely.—n. a coarse painting.—ns. Daub′er, one who daubs: a coarse painter; Daub′ery, Daub′ry (Shak.), a daubing, or crudely artful device; Daub′ing.—adj. Daub′y, sticky. [O. Fr. dauber, to plaster—L. dealbāre, to whitewash—de, down, and albus, white.]
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
DAUB
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Daub is ranked #14734 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Daub surname appeared 2,017 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Daub.
92.2% or 1,860 total occurrences were White.
2% or 42 total occurrences were Black.
2% or 41 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1.6% or 34 total occurrences were Asian.
1.5% or 32 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
0.4% or 8 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
Anagrams for daub »
baud
buda
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of daub in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of daub in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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- цапотене, цапам, мазилка, мажаBulgarian
- naplácat, mazaniceCzech
- Geschmier, schmieren, Schmiererei, Kleckserei, klecksen, GraffitiGerman
- brochazo, manchar, embadurnar, untarSpanish
- sutiaFinnish
- barbouiller, croûteFrench
- spairt, sloisirScottish Gaelic
- imbrattare, crostaItalian
- kliederen, kladschilderen, besmerenDutch
- pomazaćPolish
- обмазка, мазня, мазать, малевать, штукатуркаRussian
- beceriksizce boyamak, acemice boyamak, leke, acemice boyanmış resim, çamur, harç, sıvamakTurkish
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