Daub Definition

dôb
daubed, daubing, daubs
verb
daubed, daubing, daubs
To cover or smear with sticky, soft matter, such as plaster or grease.
Webster's New World
To smear (plaster, grease, etc.) on.
Webster's New World
To apply paint to (a surface) with hasty or crude strokes.
American Heritage
To paint coarsely or unskillfully.
Webster's New World
To apply with quick or crude strokes.
Daubed glue on the paper.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
noun
daubs
Anything daubed on.
Webster's New World
A daubing stroke or splash.
Webster's New World
A soft adhesive coating material such as plaster, grease, or mud.
American Heritage
Matter daubed on.
American Heritage
A poorly painted picture.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Daub

Noun

Singular:
daub
Plural:
daubs

Origin of Daub

  • Middle English dauben from Old French dauber from Latin dēalbāre to whitewash dē- intensive pref. de– albus white albho- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French dauber (“whitewash”)

    From Wiktionary

Daub Sentence Examples

  • The usual habitation built both by Arabs and Nubas is the tukl, a conical-shaped hut made of stone, mud, wattle and daub or straw.

  • The west end had close studded, timber framing with wattle and daub infill.

  • Finally, cover the filler and daub the ear cap with foundation to blend with your natural skin tone.

  • If it is, they mark it (or it's automatically daubed if ' auto daub ' is selected ).

  • The interior chimney hood was fairly simple, using ash rods with hazel woven between them, and lime clay daub finish.

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Words Starting With

DDADAU

Words Ending With

BUBAUB

Unscrambles

daub

Words Starting With D and Ending With B

Starts With D & Ends With BStarts With DA & Ends With BStarts With D & Ends With UB

Word Length

4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With D4 Letter Words Ending With B