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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024daub /dɔb/USA pronunciation v. - to cover or coat with soft, sticky matter: [ ~ + obj + with + obj]:Daub the surface with plaster.[ ~ + obj + on + obj]:Daub plaster on the surface.
- [ ~ + obj] to smear, smudge, make dirty:walls daubed with fingerprints.
- to apply unskillfully, as paint or colors: [ ~ + obj + with + obj]:He daubed his canvas with paint.[ ~ + obj + on + obj]:He daubed paint on his canvas.
daub•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024daub (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.
- Buildingto 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.
v.i. - to daub something.
- to paint unskillfully.
n. - Buildingmaterial, esp. of an inferior kind, for daubing walls.
- something daubed on.
- an act of daubing.
- a crude, inartistic painting.
- Latin dealbāre, equivalent. to de-, prevocalic variant of dē- de- + albāre to whiten, derivative of albus white; (noun, nominal) late Middle English, derivative of the verb, verbal
- Anglo-French, Old French dauber to whiten, paint
- (verb, verbal) Middle English dauben 1275–1325
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: daub /dɔːb/ vb - (transitive) to smear or spread (paint, mud, etc), esp carelessly
- (transitive) to cover or coat (with paint, plaster, etc) carelessly
- to paint (a picture) clumsily or badly
n - an unskilful or crude painting
- something daubed on, esp as a wall covering
- a smear (of paint, mud, etc)
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French dauber to paint, whitewash, from Latin dealbāre, from albāre to whiten, from albus whiteˈdauber n |