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1. (v.t.) daub
to cover or coat with soft, adhesive matter, as plaster, paint, or mud.
2. daub
to smear, soil, or defile.
3. daub
to apply unskillfully, as paint or colors.
4. (v.i.) daub
to daub something.
5. daub
to paint unskillfully.
6. (n.) daub
material for daubing walls.
7. daub
something daubed on.
8. daub
an act of daubing.
9. daub
a crude painting.
Etymology: (1275–1325; ME < AF, OF dauber to whiten, paint)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) daub
material used to daub walls
2. (noun) smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur
a blemish made by dirt
"he had a smudge on his cheek"
3. (verb) daub
an unskillful painting
4. (verb) plaster, daub
coat with plaster
"daub the wall"
5. (verb) daub
apply to a surface
"daub paint onto the wall"
6. (verb) daub, smear
cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
"smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) daub
a viscous, sticky application; a spot smeared or dabed; a smear
2. (noun) daub
a picture coarsely executed
3. (verb) daub
to smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear
4. (verb) daub
to paint in a coarse or unskillful manner
5. (verb) daub
to cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal
6. (verb) daub
to flatter excessively or glossy
7. (verb) daub
to put on without taste; to deck gaudily
8. (verb) daub
to smear; to play the flatterer
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