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daub
- pronunciation:
- dawb
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
daubed, daubing, daubs |
| definition 1: |
to smear or cover with soft sticky material such as plaster.
- synonyms:
- bedaub, smear
- similar words:
- coat, cover, paint, plaster, slap on, smudge
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| definition 2: |
to smear with mud, dirt, or the like.
- synonyms:
- muddy, smear, smirch, smudge
- similar words:
- begrime, blotch, dirty, splotch, spot, sully
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| definition 3: |
to paint with thick, crude strokes.
- similar words:
- paint
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| related words: |
blot, color, dab, smear, spread |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to smear or cover something.
- synonyms:
- smear
- similar words:
- paint, splotch
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| definition 2: |
to paint something unskillfully or crudely.
- similar words:
- paint
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
something daubed on; a single stroke or smear of this.
- similar words:
- blot, blotch, dab, smear, smirch, smudge, splotch, spot, stroke
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| definition 2: |
a crude painting.
- similar words:
- painting
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| derivations: |
dauby (adj.), daubingly (adv.), dauber (n.) |
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