to daube
- verb
:
untar
- She daubed paint onto the canvas without worrying about neatness.
Examples
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Workers daube the walls with plaster to cover the cracks before painting.
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Don't daub the walls with that sticky stuff!
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The children daubed mud on the fence while playing in the yard.
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She daubed the fence with bright blue paint.
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The artist daubed bright colors onto the canvas, creating an abstract masterpiece.
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He daubed the plaster roughly on the wall, making sure to cover every hole.
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During the renovation, they daubed the old walls with a fresh coat of paint.
Synonyms
63
3.7
To spread a substance over a surface in a messy way
30
3.8
To cover a surface thickly or stick things all over it
25
6.8
To cover something with a thin layer of paint or metal
24
7.9
To become covered with a hard or thick layer
15
6.9
Spread a thick layer of a wet thing like sauce or sunscreen on a surface
13
6.5
To cover something with a thick slippery substance
6
4.5
Put on paint or cream quickly and without care
3
8.1
To cover a surface roughly with a thick sticky substance
1
3.8
Put on a thick layer of something like paint or makeup
1
5.1
To cover a surface with soft wet earth to make it smooth
1
9.9
To cover something thickly with a sticky, messy substance
To cover something with a sticky or greasy substance
To spread paint on a surface in a messy, uneven way
Cover a surface with a thin layer of plaster to make it smooth
Antonyms
How Rough
9
3.4
- Informal
15
6.9
854
1.0
11
2.8
242
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Daube as a verb (to coat or smear) is the same idea as the common English word daub and comes from an old French word meaning 'to plaster' or 'to smear', so to daube something is to cover it roughly with a soft or sticky material.