daub

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old French dauber (“‘whitewash’”)

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to daub

Third person singular
daubs

Simple past
daubed

Past participle
daubed

Present participle
daubing

to daub (third-person singular simple present daubs, present participle daubing, simple past and past participle daubed)

  1. To apply something to a surface in hasty or crude strokes.
    The artist just seemed to daub on paint at random and suddenly there was a painting.

[edit] Translations

to apply something in hasty or crude strokes

[edit] Noun

Singular
daub

Plural
daubs

daub (plural daubs)

  1. A soft coating of mud, plaster etc.
  2. A crude or amateurish painting.

[edit] Translations

soft coating of mud, plaster etc
crude or amateurish painting
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[edit] Anagrams

  • Anagrams of abdu
  • baud
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