daub

Speech parts

1. daub - Noun

2. daub - Verb

3. Daub - Proper noun

Meaning

To smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear.

To paint in a coarse or unskillful manner.

To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal.

To flatter excessively or glossy.

To put on without taste; to deck gaudily.

To smear; to play the flatterer.

A viscous, sticky application; a spot smeared or dabed; a smear.

A picture coarsely executed.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

spot plaster smear blot slur smudge smirch fleck mark lute doodle speck coat dye gypsum
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Antonyms

wash blizzard dust clean sweep brush
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Hypernyms

mar clay surface coat cover apply

Hyponyms

blood mud mortar blotch fingerprint roughcast

Phrases with the word

wattle-and-daub brick

Derivatives

daubed daubing

Anagrams

baud abud Buda Duba

Examples

he had a smudge on his cheek Source: Internet

smear the wall with paint Source: Internet

daub the ceiling with plaster Source: Internet

daub paint onto the wall Source: Internet

daub the wall Source: Internet

But it is not just the appeal of the handmade object — twig and daub as a rebuke to glass and steel — that makes a nest so desirable. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

dau dau gok dau miu daubable daube Daubechies wavelet