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- DictionaryDaub/dôb/
verb
- 1. coat or smear (a surface) with a thick or sticky substance in a carelessly rough or liberal way: "she daubed her face with night cream"
noun
- 1. plaster, clay, or another substance used for coating a surface, especially when mixed with straw and applied to laths or wattles to form a wall: "square huts, mostly daub and wattle"
- 2. a painting executed without much skill.
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noun [ C ] us / dɑːb / uk / dɔːb / an area of thick or sticky liquid on something: a daub of red paint. a badly painted picture. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. (Definition of daub from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
daub meaning: to put a lot of a substance like paint on a surface in a careless way, often to write words or draw…. Learn more.
3 days ago · 1. to cover or smear with sticky, soft matter, such as plaster or grease. 2. to smear (plaster, grease, etc.) on. 3. to paint coarsely or unskillfully. noun. 4. anything daubed on. 5. a daubing stroke or splash. 6. a poorly painted picture. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Definition of daub noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English daub1 /dɔːb $ dɒːb/ verb [ transitive] to put paint or a soft substance on something without being very careful soldiers’ faces daubed with black mud → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus daub • A blue line had been daubed across his forehead and round his short white hair.
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. See more. verb (used without object)
daub (dôb), USA pronunciation v.t. to cover or coat with soft, adhesive matter, as plaster or mud: to daub a canvas with paint; to daub stone walls with mud. Building to spread (plaster, mud, etc.) on or over something: to daub plaster on a brick wall.
