To spread, daub, cover thickly or in patches, with some unctuous, greasy, sticky, or dirty substance. Sometimes said of the substance. Also rarely…

To daub; to smear, to lute.

transitive. To smear, anoint, bedaub, plaster; to rub, or daub (sticky matter) on, or (a place) with sticky matter.

transitive. To smear over or about; to cover the surface generally or largely with any greasy, viscous, or sticky substance; usually with the…

transitive. To smear, daub, or spread unctuous matter on; to smear, anoint, or daub with.

transitive. To daub or smear with glue or other viscous substance. Also with over. ? Obsolete.

In extended use. transitive. To daub, plaster, or cover over with. Obsolete.

transitive. To smear or plaster over.

transitive. In extended use: to coat, daub, or cover with a substance; to besmear; (also) to apply a (thick) layer of. Frequently with with.

to beplaster.

To smear (soap, blood, etc.) on a surface; also to spread (a surface) with (something); to coat (a surface) over with oil, a wash, etc. Obsolete.

transitive. To overspread, do over, anoint, smear, daub, rub over with.

To rub or smear (a surface) with (some soft or liquid substance). Obsolete.

transitive. To daub over with anything that sticks, to plaster.

transitive. Often in passive. To cover with a thin or even layer of some soft substance, as butter; to prepare by covering with such a substance…

To plaster, close up, cover over, coat with some sticky or greasy substance, smear.

transitive. To cover or adorn by pasting. Usually with over. Now chiefly figurative.

transitive. To plaster over or about; to cover or smear thickly.

to smear round or about.

transitive. To smear over, daub.

To bedaub with fat or grease; hence, transferred to cover thickly. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To smear with a sticky substance; to daub (something sticky) on a surface. Also with up.

To smear or spread with treacle; to dose with (brimstone and) treacle; to sweeten or render palatable with treacle (also figurative).

transitive. Building. To smear or coat (a brick, tile, etc.) with mortar, adhesive, etc.

To apply or daub (a substance, esp. paint or make-up), usually thickly or carelessly. Cf. slap, n.1 additions 3. colloquial.

To besmear; to spread or splash liberally on. Usually with with.

transitive. To coat or cover (a dish) with sauce. Usually in passive.