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daub
[ dawb ]
verb (used with object)
- to cover or coat with soft, adhesive matter, as plaster or mud:
to daub a canvas with paint; to daub stone walls with mud.
- to spread (plaster, mud, etc.) on or over something:
to daub plaster on a brick wall.
- to smear, soil, or defile.
- to apply, as paint or colors, unskillfully.
verb (used without object)
- to daub something.
- to paint unskillfully.
noun
- material, especially of an inferior kind, for daubing walls.
- something daubed on.
- an act of daubing.
- a crude, inartistic painting.
daub
/ ɔː /
verb
- tr to smear or spread (paint, mud, etc), esp carelessly
- tr to cover or coat (with paint, plaster, etc) carelessly
- to paint (a picture) clumsily or badly
noun
- an unskilful or crude painting
- something daubed on, esp as a wall covering See also wattle and daub
- a smear (of paint, mud, etc)
- the act of daubing
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Derived Forms
- ˈ岹ܲ, noun
- ˈ岹ܲ, adjective
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Other Word Forms
- 岹ܲİ noun
- 岹ܲiԲ· adverb
- 岹ܲy adjective
- ܲ·岹ܲ adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of daub1
C14: from Old French dauber to paint, whitewash, from Latin , from to whiten, from albus white
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Red paint was also daubed over buildings and walls at the resort.
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Grafitti was sprayed on the clubhouse in red paint and the course was dug up and daubed with the words "Gaza is not for sale"
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A number of social media videos have shown vehicles daubed with swastikas, covered with rubbish or used as skateboard ramps.
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Red paint was daubed over one of the buildings.
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Palestine Action posted photographs on social media showing red paint daubed across one of the buildings at the Ayrshire course.
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