daub

daub  (dôb)

v. daubed, daub·ing, daubs

v.tr.

1. To cover or smear with a soft adhesive substance such as plaster, grease, or mud.

2. To apply paint to (a surface) with hasty or crude strokes.

3. To apply with quick or crude strokes: daubed glue on the paper.

v.intr.

1. To apply paint or coloring with crude, unskillful strokes.

2. To make crude or amateurish paintings.

3. To daub a sticky material.

n.

1. The act or a stroke of daubing.

2. A soft adhesive coating material such as plaster, grease, or mud.

3. Matter daubed on.

4. A crude, amateurish painting or picture.

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[Middle English dauben, from Old French dauber, from Latin dalbre, to whitewash : d-, intensive pref.; see de- + albus, white; see albho- in Indo-European roots.]

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dauber n.

dauber·y (dôb-r) n.

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daub

Verb

1. to smear (paint or mud) quickly or carelessly over a surface

2. to paint (a picture) clumsily or badly

Noun

a crude or badly done painting: a typical child's daub [Old French dauber to paint]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	daub - material used to daub walls clay - a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
	2.	daub - a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" blot, smirch, smudge, slur, smear, spot blemish, mar, defect - a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish" blotch, splodge, splotch - an irregularly shaped spot fingermark, fingerprint - a smudge made by a (dirty) finger inkblot - a blot made with ink
	3.	daub - an unskillful painting painting, picture - graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre"
Verb	1.	daub - coat with plaster; "daub the wall" plaster masonry - the craft of a mason coat, surface - put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface; "coat the cake with chocolate" daub - apply to a surface; "daub paint onto the wall" render-set - cover with two coats of plaster; "render-set the walls so they'll look nice and smooth" parget - apply ornamental plaster to roughcast - apply roughcast to; "roughcast a wall" mud - plaster with mud mortar - plaster with mortar; "mortar the wall"
	2.	daub - apply to a surface; "daub paint onto the wall" daub, smear - cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster" daub, plaster - coat with plaster; "daub the wall" apply, put on - apply to a surface; "She applied paint to the back of the house"; "Put on make-up!"
	3.	daub - cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster" smear blood - smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill daub - apply to a surface; "daub paint onto the wall" cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers"

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daub

verb 1. smear, dirty, splatter, stain, spatter, sully, deface, smirch, begrime, besmear, bedaub, paint, coat, stain, plaster, slap on (informal)

noun 2. smear, spot, stain, blot, blotch, splodge, splotch, smirch

Translations

daub [dɔːb] vt → embadurnar

daub [dɔːb] vt → barbouiller

daub [dɔːb] vt → schmieren;

to daub with → beschmieren mit

daub [dɔːb] vt → imbrattare