bedaub

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be·daub

(bĭ-dôb′)

tr.v. be·daubed, be·daub·ing, be·daubs

1. To smear; soil.

2. To ornament in a vulgar, showy fashion.

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bedaub

(bɪˈdɔːb)

vb (tr)

1. to smear all over with something thick, sticky, or dirty

2. to ornament in a gaudy or vulgar fashion

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be•daub

(bɪˈdɔb)

v.t.

1. to smear all over; besmear; soil.

2. to ornament gaudily or excessively.

[1545–55]

bedaub

Past participle: bedaubed
Gerund: bedaubing

Imperative
bedaub
bedaub

Present
I bedaub
you bedaub
he/she/it bedaubs
we bedaub
you bedaub
they bedaub

Preterite
I bedaubed
you bedaubed
he/she/it bedaubed
we bedaubed
you bedaubed
they bedaubed

Present Continuous
I am bedaubing
you are bedaubing
he/she/it is bedaubing
we are bedaubing
you are bedaubing
they are bedaubing

Present Perfect
I have bedaubed
you have bedaubed
he/she/it has bedaubed
we have bedaubed
you have bedaubed
they have bedaubed

Past Continuous
I was bedaubing
you were bedaubing
he/she/it was bedaubing
we were bedaubing
you were bedaubing
they were bedaubing

Past Perfect
I had bedaubed
you had bedaubed
he/she/it had bedaubed
we had bedaubed
you had bedaubed
they had bedaubed

Future
I will bedaub
you will bedaub
he/she/it will bedaub
we will bedaub
you will bedaub
they will bedaub

Future Perfect
I will have bedaubed
you will have bedaubed
he/she/it will have bedaubed
we will have bedaubed
you will have bedaubed
they will have bedaubed

Future Continuous
I will be bedaubing
you will be bedaubing
he/she/it will be bedaubing
we will be bedaubing
you will be bedaubing
they will be bedaubing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been bedaubing
you have been bedaubing
he/she/it has been bedaubing
we have been bedaubing
you have been bedaubing
they have been bedaubing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been bedaubing
you will have been bedaubing
he/she/it will have been bedaubing
we will have been bedaubing
you will have been bedaubing
they will have been bedaubing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been bedaubing
you had been bedaubing
he/she/it had been bedaubing
we had been bedaubing
you had been bedaubing
they had been bedaubing

Conditional
I would bedaub
you would bedaub
he/she/it would bedaub
we would bedaub
you would bedaub
they would bedaub

Past Conditional
I would have bedaubed
you would have bedaubed
he/she/it would have bedaubed
we would have bedaubed
you would have bedaubed
they would have bedaubed

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Verb

bedaub - spread or daub (a surface)

besmear

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"

bedaub

verb

To spread with a greasy, sticky, or dirty substance:

besmear, dab, daub, plaster, smear, smirch, smudge.

Translations

bedaub

[bɪˈdɔːb] VT → embadurnar

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bedaub

vt → beschmieren; face → anmalen, anschmieren

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And going to a bigger pine, he rose by his own unaided exertions to the top branch, where he sat, all bedaubed with the pitch which that vegetable exudes.

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So Meg wrestled alone with the refractory sweetmeats all that hot summer day, and at five o'clock sat down in her topsy-turvey kitchen, wrung her bedaubed hands, lifted up her voice and wept.

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Nioche at last took his daughter's paint-box in one hand and the bedaubed canvas, after giving it a solemn, puzzled stare, in the other, and led the way to the door.