The painter daubed a bit of yellow onto the canvas.
•Daub on a bit of yellow here.
•She daubed the medicine on.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
daub — dauber, n. daubingly, adv. dauby, adj. /dawb/, v.t. 1. to cover or coat with soft, adhesive matter, as plaster or mud: to daub a canvas with paint; to daub stone walls with mud. 2. to spread (plaster, mud, etc.) on or over something: to daub… … Universalium
daub — [[t]dɔb[/t]] v. t. 1) to cover or coat with soft, adhesive matter, as plaster, paint, or mud 2) to smear, soil, or defile 3) to apply unskillfully, as paint or colors 4) to daub something 5) to paint unskillfully 6) bui material for daubing walls … From formal English to slang
daub — /dɔb / (say dawb) verb (t) 1. to cover or coat with soft, adhesive matter, such as plaster, mud, etc. 2. to spread (plaster, mud, etc.) on or over something. 3. to smear, soil, or defile. 4. to paint unskilfully. –verb (i) 5. to daub something. 6 …
daub|er — «D buhr», noun. 1. a person or thing that daubs. 2. something to daub with, such as a brush to spread shoe polish. 3. an unskillful painter. 4. = mud dauber. (Cf. ↑mud dauber) … Useful english dictionary
daub — daub1 [do:b US do:b] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: dauber, from Latin dealbare to make white, whitewash ] to put paint or a soft substance on something without being very careful ▪ soldiers faces daubed with black mud daub 2 daub2 … Dictionary of contemporary English
daub — 1 verb (T) to paint or cover something with a soft substance, without being very careful: faces daubed with black mud 2 noun 1 (U) technical mud or clay used for making walls see also: wattle and daub wattle (2) 2 a small amount of a soft or… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
daub — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French dauber Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to cover or coat with soft adhesive matter ; plaster 2. to coat with a dirty substance 3. a. to apply coloring material crudely to b … New Collegiate Dictionary
daub — 1. verb /dɔːb,dɑb,dɔb/ 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. 2. noun /dɔːb,dɑb,dɔb/ a) A soft coating of mud … Wiktionary
daub — [[t]dɔ͟ːb[/t]] daubs, daubing, 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. [V n prep/adv] The make up woman had been daubing mock blood on Jeremy Fox when last… … English dictionary
be|daub — «bih DB», transitive verb. 1. to smear with something dirty or sticky. SYNONYM(S): plaster. 2. to ornament in a gaudy or showy way. SYNONYM(S): bedizen … Useful english dictionary
smear — [smir] vt. [ME smerien < OE smerian, to anoint, akin to Ger schmieren < IE base * smeru , grease > OIr smir, marrow & (prob.) L medulla, marrow] 1. to cover, daub, or soil with something greasy, sticky, or dirty 2. to apply or daub… … English World dictionary
