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US
/ˈdɔb/
]
[ UK /dˈɔːb/ ]
[ UK /dˈɔːb/ ]
NOUN
- material used to daub walls
- an unskillful painting
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a blemish made by dirt
he had a smudge on his cheek
VERB
-
cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
daub the ceiling with plaster
smear the wall with paint -
apply to a surface
daub paint onto the wall -
coat with plaster
daub the wall
How To Use daub In A Sentence
- There have been several attempts to set fire to the building and graffiti has been daubed on the walls on a number of occasions.
- They were replaced by shanties and shacks built of nothing more than clapboard or wattle and daub with dark and threatening alleyways between.
- An scrape of whiskers or daub of toothpaste unrinsed in the bathroom sink. Ann, meet Bob
- One theory is that ‘a male model was daubed with paint and wrapped in the sheet to create the shadowy figure of Christ.’
- Women's sanitary products were found behind a drinks cooler and other parts of the office and spit was daubed on desks. Times, Sunday Times
- Roger Daltrey, frontman of The Who, wore a T-shirt proclaiming Davis's innocence, with the convicted man's name daubed across railway and road bridges. BBC News - Home
- A can of paint had been daubed over his car. The Sun
- Her skirt was bedaubed with cheap finery.
- She daubed the red colour onto her nails.
- He created a spare, white-daubed, timber-framed presentation that evokes a pagan feeling, yet is modern in offering immediate access to the text. A British Monarch Crosses the Atlantic