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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.
Definition of daub verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
daub. (dɔːb) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense daubs, present participle daubing, past tense, past participle daubed. verb. 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.
DAUB meaning: 1. to spread a thick or sticky liquid on something or to cover something with a thick or sticky…. Learn more.
to cover or coat with soft, adhesive matter, as plaster or mud: to daub a canvas with paint; to daub stone walls with mud. to spread (plaster, mud, etc.) on or over something: to daub plaster on a brick wall. to smear, soil, or defile. to apply, as paint or colors, unskillfully.
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.
to cover or coat with soft, adhesive matter, as plaster or mud: to daub a canvas with paint; to daub stone walls with mud. to spread (plaster, mud, etc.) on or over something: to daub plaster on a brick wall.
'daub' is a correct and usable word in written English. It is used as a verb and means "to cover something with a thick, sticky substance". For example, "The walls were daubed with mud to keep out the cold.".
to cover or coat with soft, adhesive matter, as plaster or mud: to daub a canvas with paint; to daub stone walls with mud.
