daub

  • 31daub — 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 …

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  • 32daub — verb Daub is used with these nouns as the object: ↑graffiti, ↑slogan …

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  • 33daub — [[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… …

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  • 34daub — /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 …

  • 35Daub, Karl — Daub, Karl, geb. 20. März 1765 in Kassel, wurde 1791 akademischer Docent in Marburg, wo er seit 1796 studirt hatte, 1794 Professor der Theologie in Heidelberg, nachdem er kurze Zeit Lehrer der Philosophie in Hanau gewesen war, u. st. 22. Novbr.… …

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  • 36Daub — See Wattle …

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  • 37daub — Synonyms and related words: abstract, abstraction, altarpiece, anamorphosis, anoint, apply paint, attaint, bad likeness, bedaub, bedizen, beeswax, begild, besmear, besmirch, besmoke, besmutch, besoil, bestain, black, blacken, block print,… …

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  • 38DAUB — ICAO Airportcode f. Biskra (Algeria) …

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  • 39Daub — Übername zu mhd. toup, toub »taub; stumpfsinnig, unsinnig, närrisch« …

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  • 40daub — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. smear, spread. See covering. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. smear, plaster, dab; see paint 2 , spread 4 , varnish . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. coat, cover, smear, smudge, plaster, dab, paint, splatter …

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