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- Dictionarydaub/dɔːb/
verb
- 1. carelessly coat or smear (a surface) with a thick or sticky substance: "the walls were daubed with splashes of paint"
noun
- 1. a patch or smear of a thick or sticky substance: "a daub of paint"
- 2. plaster, clay, or another substance used for coating a surface, especially when mixed with straw and applied to laths or wattles to form a wall: "wattle and daub"
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DAUB definition: 1. to spread a thick or sticky liquid on something or to cover something with a thick or sticky…. Learn more.
The meaning of DAUB is to cover or coat with soft adhesive matter : plaster. How to use daub in a sentence.
When you daub a substance such as mud or paint on something, you spread it on that thing in a rough or careless way. The make-up woman daubed mock blood on Jeremy. [ VERB noun preposition/adverb ]
to spread a thick or sticky liquid on something or to cover something with a thick or sticky liquid, often quickly or carelessly: be daubed with The walls had been daubed with graffiti. daub something all over something The baby had daubed butter all over his hair and face. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Daub definition: to cover or coat with soft, adhesive matter, as plaster or mud. See examples of DAUB used in a sentence.
1. To apply paint or coloring with crude, unskillful strokes. 2. To make crude or amateurish paintings. 3. To daub a sticky material. n. 1. The act or a stroke of daubing. 2. A soft adhesive coating material such as plaster, grease, or mud. 3. Matter daubed on. 4. A crude, amateurish painting or picture.
Definition of daub verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Daub can be used as a verb or as a noun, and is derived from the Old French debaur which comes from the Latin dealbare “to whiten.” It is also used to describe the process of covering a surface with an adhesive substance such as plaster, mud or grease.
Daub definition: To cover or smear with a soft adhesive substance such as plaster, grease, or mud.
Origin daub1 (1300-1400) Old French dauber, from Latin dealbare “to make white, whitewash”. daub meaning, definition, what is daub: to put paint or a soft substance on some...: Learn more.
