daubverb [ T ]
uk/dɔːb/us/dɑːb/to spread a thick or sticky liquid on something or to cover something with a thick or sticky liquid, often quickly or carelessly:
The walls had been daubed with graffiti.
The baby had daubed butter all over his hair and face.
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Covering and adding layers
- asphalt
- bestrew
- binder
- blanket
- blindfold
- carpet
- coat
- film
- film over
- fur
- gild
- gum sth up
- inlay
- lag
- pad
- proof
- resurface
- seal
- swathe
- whitewash
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Spreading and scattering
daubnoun [ C ]
uk/dɔːb/us/dɑːb/an area of thick or sticky liquid on something:
a daub of red paint
a badly painted picture
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Dirt & untidiness
- a dog's breakfast idiom
- bloodstain
- blot
- clutter
- contaminant
- contaminate
- fleck
- grime
- gunge
- gunk
- guttersnipe
- muck
- pollutant
- slovenly
- slut
- smear
- smudge
- speck
- speckle
- stain
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Pictures