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daub

[ dawb ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to cover or coat with soft, adhesive matter, as plaster or mud:

    to daub a canvas with paint; to daub stone walls with mud.

  2. to spread (plaster, mud, etc.) on or over something:

    to daub plaster on a brick wall.

  3. to smear, soil, or defile.
  4. to apply, as paint or colors, unskillfully.


verb (used without object)

  1. to daub something.
  2. to paint unskillfully.

noun

  1. material, especially of an inferior kind, for daubing walls.
  2. something daubed on.
  3. an act of daubing.
  4. a crude, inartistic painting.

daub

/ »åɔ˲ú /

verb

  1. tr to smear or spread (paint, mud, etc), esp carelessly
  2. tr to cover or coat (with paint, plaster, etc) carelessly
  3. to paint (a picture) clumsily or badly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an unskilful or crude painting
  2. something daubed on, esp as a wall covering See also wattle and daub
  3. a smear (of paint, mud, etc)
  4. the act of daubing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ»å²¹³Ü²ú±ð°ù, noun
  • ˈ»å²¹³Ü²ú²â, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • »å²¹³Ü²úİù noun
  • »å²¹³Ü²úi²Ô²µÂ·±ô²â adverb
  • »å²¹³Ü²úy adjective
  • ³Ü²Ô·»å²¹³Ü²ú±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of daub1

1275–1325; (v.) Middle English dauben < Anglo-French, Old French dauber to whiten, paint < Latin »å±ð²¹±ô²úÄå°ù±ð, equivalent to de-, prevocalic variant of »åŧ- de- + ²¹±ô²úÄå°ù±ð to whiten, derivative of albus white; (noun) late Middle English, derivative of the v.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of daub1

C14: from Old French dauber to paint, whitewash, from Latin »å±ð²¹±ô²úÄå°ù±ð, from ²¹±ô²úÄå°ù±ð to whiten, from albus white
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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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As well as paint being daubed on the stone, wreaths and flowers laid at the site had also been strewn about, the force said.

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