All daub synonyms
daub
D d verb daub
- coat β A coat is a piece of clothing with long sleeves which you wear over your other clothes when you go outside.
- deface β If someone defaces something such as a wall or a notice, they spoil it by writing or drawing things on it.
- smear β to spread or daub (an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance) on or over something: to smear butter on bread.
- spatter β to scatter or dash in small particles or drops: The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself.
- smudge β a dirty mark or smear.
- dab β DAB is the transmission of digital stereo over conventional radio channels. DAB is an abbreviation for 'digital audio broadcasting'.
- sully β to soil, stain, or tarnish.
- smirch β to discolor or soil; spot or smudge with or as with soot, dust, dirt, etc.
- speckle β a small speck, spot, or mark, as on skin.
- besmear β to smear over; daub
- spot β a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- plaster β a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- grime β dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- cover β If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
- varnish β a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
- splatter β an act or instance of splattering.
- paint β a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- spread β to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).
- fleck β a speck; a small bit: a fleck of dirt.
- dirty β soiled with dirt; foul; unclean: dirty laundry.
- variegate β to make varied in appearance, as by adding different colors.
- stain β a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- blur β A blur is a shape or area which you cannot see clearly because it has no distinct outline or because it is moving very fast.
- begrime β to make dirty; soil
- slap β a gap or opening, as in a fence, wall, cloud bank, or line of troops.
- slop β to spill or splash (liquid).
- apply β If you apply for something such as a job or membership of an organization, you write a letter or fill in a form in order to ask formally for it.