Found 3 items, similar to daub.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: daub
melumurkan, mencoreng, pulas
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: daub
daub
n 1: material used to daub walls
2: a blemish made by dirt;
“he had a smudge on his cheek” [syn:
smudge,
spot,
blot,
smear,
smirch,
slur]
3: an unskillful painting
v 1: coat with plaster;
“daub the wall” [syn:
plaster]
2: apply to a surface;
“daub paint onto the wall”
3: cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it;
“smear
the wall with paint”;
“daub the ceiling with plaster”
[syn:
smear]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Daub
Daub
\Daub\ (d[add]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Daubed; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Daubing.] [OE. dauben to smear, OF. dauber to
plaster, fr. L. dealbare to whitewash, plaster; de- + albare
to whiten, fr. albus white, perh. also confused with W. dwb
plaster, dwbio to plaster, Ir. & OGael. dob plaster. See
Alb, and cf.
Dealbate.]
1. To smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud,
etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear.
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She took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it
with slime and with pitch. --Ex. ii. 3.
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2. To paint in a coarse or unskillful manner.
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If a picture is daubed with many bright and glaring
colors, the vulgar admire it is an excellent piece.
--I. Watts.
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A lame, imperfect piece, rudely daubed over.
--Dryden.
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3. To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to
disguise; to conceal.
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So smooth he daubed his vice with show of virtue.
--Shak.
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4. To flatter excessively or glossy. [R.]
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I can safely say, however, that, without any daubing
at all,
I am very sincerely your very affectionate, humble
servant. --Smollett.
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5. To put on without taste; to deck gaudily. [R.]
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Let him be daubed with lace. --Dryden.
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Daub
\Daub\ (d[add]b), v. i.
To smear; to play the flatterer.
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His conscience . . . will not daub nor flatter.
--South.
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Daub
\Daub\, n.
1. A viscous, sticky application; a spot smeared or daubed; a
smear.
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2. (Paint.) A picture coarsely executed.
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Did you . . . take a look at the grand picture? . .
. 'T is a melancholy daub, my lord. --Sterne.
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