daub

Noun

1. material used to daub walls
   • Less specific
     • clay
   • Related
     • daub
     • daub
     • smear
     • plaster
     • daub
2. a blemish made by dirt; “he had a smudge on his cheek”
   • Synonyms
     • smudge
     • spot
     • blot
     • smear
     • smirch
     • slur
   • Less specific
     • blemish
     • defect
     • mar
   • More specific
     • blotch
     • splodge
     • splotch
     • fingermark
     • fingerprint
     • inkblot
   • Related
     • smirch
     • besmirch
     • smear
     • blur
     • smudge
     • smutch
     • smear
     • blot
     • spot
     • fleck
     • blob
     • blot
     • spot
     • spot
     • fleck
     • blob
     • blot
     • smudgy
     • smear
     • blur
     • smudge
     • smutch
3. an unskillful painting
   • Less specific
     • painting
     • picture

Verb

1. coat with plaster; “daub the wall”
   • Synonyms
     • plaster
   • Less specific
     • coat
     • surface
   • More specific
     • render-set
     • parget
     • roughcast
     • mud
     • mortar
   • Related
     • daub
     • plastering
     • daubing
     • plaster
     • plasterwork
     • plaster
     • plasterer
     • plastering
     • daubing
   • Topic Members
     • masonry
2. apply to a surface; “daub paint onto the wall”
   • Less specific
     • put on
     • apply
   • Related
     • daub
3. cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; “smear the wall with paint”; “daub the ceiling with plaster”
   • Synonyms
     • smear
   • Less specific
     • cover
   • More specific
     • blood
   • Related
     • daub
     • dauber

• daub - LookUp verb

1. carelessly coat or smear (a surface) with a thick or sticky substance splashes of paint

spread (a thick or sticky substance) on a surface in a careless or clumsy way it

noun

1. a patch or smear of a thick or sticky substance a daub of paint

a painting executed without much skill she stuck the painting up alongside the daubs made by her children

1. Building 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

Origin

late Middle English : from Old French dauber , from Latin dealbare whiten, whitewash , based on albus white

Thesaurus

Verb

1. he daubed a rock with paint | they daubed blood on the walls

Similar Words: bedaub smear plaster bespatter splash stain spatter splatter cake cover thickly smother coat deface slap besmear befoul besmirch begrime

Noun

1. these modernistic painters who just splash on daubs of paint

Similar Words: smear smudge splash blot spot patch pop blotch stain mark splodge

Verb

1. he daubed a rock with paint | they daubed blood on the walls

Similar Words: bedaub smear plaster bespatter splash stain spatter splatter cake cover thickly smother coat deface slap besmear befoul besmirch begrime

Noun

1. these modernistic painters who just splash on daubs of paint

Similar Words: smear smudge splash blot spot patch pop blotch stain mark splodge