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单词 daub
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daub

1 of 2

verb

ˈdȯb How to pronounce daub (audio)
ˈdäb
daubed; daubing; daubs

transitive verb

1
: to cover or coat with soft adhesive matter : plaster
2
: to coat with a dirty substance
3
a
: to apply coloring material crudely to
b
: to apply (something, such as paint) crudely

intransitive verb

1
archaic : to put on a false exterior
2
: to apply colors crudely

daub

2 of 2

noun

1
: material used to daub walls
2
: an act or instance of daubing
3
: something daubed on : smear
4
: a crude picture

Synonyms

Verb

  • befoul
  • begrime
  • bemire
  • besmirch
  • blacken
  • dirty
  • distain [archaic]
  • foul
  • gaum [dialect]
  • grime
  • mire
  • muck
  • muddy
  • smirch
  • smudge
  • soil
  • stain
  • sully
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Example Sentences

Verb He daubed some cologne on his neck. Daub the potatoes with a little butter. Various political slogans had been daubed on the walls. He sighed deeply and daubed his eyes with a tissue. Noun She added a few daubs of color to the painting.
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Edwina's radiant with joy as Mary and Kate daub her with the turmeric paste. Sara Netzley, EW.com, 26 Mar. 2022 In that way, Mitski creates a musical liminal space where every ballad has a bit of shimmer and every dance tune brims with tears, and blue-gray tones daub throughout both sides. Lior Phillips, Variety, 4 Feb. 2022 Wow’s Dream Coat and daub of volumizing foam before going in with a round brush and curling iron. Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2021 Visitors queued for gobs of mineral mud to daub on faces and arms. Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2021 With the paintbrush, daub a pattern onto your cards. Sophie Bushwick, Popular Science, 21 Dec. 2020 According to Diana’s wedding day makeup artist, Barbara Daly, the bride spilled Quelques Fleurs perfume on her dress while attempting to daub the scent onto her wrists. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Nov. 2020 The range is mind-boggling: a sweet potato and coffee marmalade from Taiwan sat alongside a lime glitter marmalade, which looked like something a teenage girl would daub on her eyelids. Olivia Potts, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020 Residents built their houses out of wood lattices daubed with earth. National Geographic, 12 May 2020
Noun
Mama’s makeup had blended well over the hours, turning her face into a daub of peanut butter. Venita Blackburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 July 2021 And the dark brown fellow with the daub of white between his eyes is Little Mike, one of the premier grass runners of the past decade. Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2020 And the dark brown fellow with the daub of white between his eyes is Little Mike, one of the premier grass runners of the past decade. Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2020 And the dark brown fellow with the daub of white between his eyes is Little Mike, one of the premier grass runners of the past decade. Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2020 And the dark brown fellow with the daub of white between his eyes is Little Mike, one of the premier grass runners of the past decade. Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2020 And the dark brown fellow with the daub of white between his eyes is Little Mike, one of the premier grass runners of the past decade. Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2020 And the dark brown fellow with the daub of white between his eyes is Little Mike, one of the premier grass runners of the past decade. Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2020 And the dark brown fellow with the daub of white between his eyes is Little Mike, one of the premier grass runners of the past decade. Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English, from Anglo-French dauber

First Known Use

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

daub 1 of 2

verb

ˈdȯb How to pronounce daub (audio)
daubed; daubing
: to cover with something soft and sticky
I daubed the wound with ointment.

daub

2 of 2

noun

: a small amount of something
The child left daubs of paint on the easel.

daub 1 of 2

verb

1
as in to stain
to make dirty a tablecloth daubed with too many spills to ignore any longer

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • stain
  • smudge
  • dirty
  • blacken
  • muck
  • mess
  • soil
  • besmirch
  • sully
  • smirch
  • grime
  • muddy
  • mire
  • gaum
  • foul
  • befoul
  • bemire
  • contaminate
  • distain
  • taint
  • begrime
  • pollute
  • disarrange
  • jumble
  • discolor
  • defile
  • colly
  • muddle
  • disorder
  • draggle
  • dishevel
  • disarray
  • crock
  • confuse

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • clean
  • cleanse
  • wipe
  • brush
  • scrub
  • decontaminate
  • wash
  • purge
  • purify
  • mop
  • sweep
  • disinfect
  • rinse
  • dust
  • sanitize
  • scour
  • renew
  • launder
  • brighten
  • freshen
  • spruce (up)
  • deodorize
  • straighten (up)
  • dry-clean
  • tidy (up)
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2
as in to smear
to rub an oily or sticky substance over he begins his nightly transformation into a circus clown by daubing greasepaint on his face

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • smear
  • paint
  • coat
  • plaster
  • besmear
  • anoint
  • stain
  • bedaub
  • smudge
  • oil
  • tar
  • grease
  • dirty
  • lard
  • muck
  • gum
  • soil
  • smirch
  • sully
  • grime
  • blacken
  • besmirch
  • muddy
  • foul
  • mire
  • gaum
  • befoul
  • pitch
  • bemire
  • begrime

daub

2 of 2

noun

as in drawing

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • drawing
  • portrait
  • doodle
  • watercolor
  • sketch
  • etching
  • finger painting
  • caricature
  • collage
  • resemblance
  • hieroglyphic
  • silhouette
  • depiction
  • photograph
  • representation
  • ikon
  • hieroglyph
  • cartoon
  • ideogram
  • image
  • ideograph
  • delineation
  • view
  • likeness
  • pictograph
  • picture
  • montage
  • icon
  • illustration
  • diagram
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