| VERB | contact | daub, plaster | coat with plaster |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | daub | apply to a surface | |
| contact | daub, smear | cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it | |
| NOUN | substance | daub | material used to daub walls |
| attribute | daub, smudge, spot, blot, smear, smirch, slur | a blemish made by dirt | |
| artifact | daub | an unskillful painting |
| Sounds | dao'b | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | fob | |
| Meaning | material used to daub walls. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | clay | A very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired |
| Spanish | brochazo | |
| Verbs | daub | cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it |
| daub | coat with plaster | |
| daub | apply to a surface | |
| Meaning | A blemish made by dirt. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | smudge, spot, blot, smear, smirch, slur | |
| Narrower | blotch, splodge, splotch | An irregularly shaped spot |
| fingermark, fingerprint | A smudge made by a (dirty) finger | |
| inkblot | A blot made with ink | |
| Broader | blemish, defect, mar | A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) |
| Spanish | baldón, churrete, mancha, manchón, manchurrón, tizne, tiznón, zurrapa | |
| Catalan | taca | |
| Meaning | An unskillful painting. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | painting, picture | graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface |
| Spanish | pintarrajo | |
| Catalan | empastifada, pastitxo | |
| Meaning | coat with plaster. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "daub the wall" | |
| Synonym | plaster | |
| Category | masonry | The craft of a mason |
| Narrower | mortar | plaster with mortar |
| mud | plaster with mud | |
| parget | apply ornamental plaster to | |
| render-set | Cover with two coats of plaster | |
| roughcast | apply roughcast to | |
| Broader | coat, surface | Put a coat on |
| Similar to | daub | apply to a surface |
| Spanish | enyesar | |
| Catalan | enguixar | |
| Nouns | daub | material used to daub walls |
| daubing | the application of plaster / plaster / plaster | |
| Meaning | apply to a surface. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Model | They daub the bread with melted butter; They daub butter on the bread | |
| Example | "daub paint onto the wall" | |
| Broader | put on, apply | apply to a surface |
| Similar to | daub, smear | Cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it |
| plaster, daub | coat with plaster | |
| Nouns | daub | material used to daub walls |
| Meaning | Cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "daub the ceiling with plaster" | |
| Synonym | smear | |
| Narrower | blood | smear with blood, as in a hunting / hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill |
| Broader | cover | Provide with a covering or cause to be covered |
| Similar to | daub | apply to a surface |
| Spanish | aplicar, cubrir, embadurnar, embarrar, manchar, untar | |
| Catalan | cobrir, empastifar, enfangar, tacar, untar | |
| Nouns | daub | material used to daub walls |
| dauber | an unskilled painter | |
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