daubed
past simple and past participle ofdaub
daub
verb[T]
uk/dɔːb/us/dɑːb/tospreadathickorstickyliquidon something or tocoversomething with athickorstickyliquid, oftenquicklyorcarelessly:
Thewallshad been daubedwithgraffiti.
Thebabyhad daubedbutteralloverhishairandface.
Covering and adding layers
- additive
- asphalt
- bestrew
- bind
- blanket
- blindfold
- gilt
- gum
- gumsomethingup
- inlaid
- lag
- laminate
- layer
- retile
- retread
- seasoned
- slapsomethingon
- smothersomethingin/withsomething
- tent
- wax
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Spreading and scattering
Examplesofdaubed
daubed
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The head was in black and white, apart from bright red 'lipstick' and streaks of bluedaubedonto the eyelids and dimples.
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Miners not on strike have had the windows of their houses broken and the housesdaubed.
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They are not just seamen's homes—an 81-year-widow's home wasdaubed.
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The monument has been damaged anddaubedwith paint sixteen times to date, most recently just over a week ago.
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Marketing is becoming increasingly professional and is moving from the technique of thedaubedsign on the roadside.
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Stonehenge has beendaubedwith paint, probably by students during rag weeks, five times in the last year.
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Ten years ago, a man climbed up to an osprey's nest to steal the eggs, which he replaced with domestic hen's eggsdaubedwith brown boot polish.
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The walls of that elderly man's house weredaubedwith blood and the number 666, which is allegedly the sign of the devil, was gouged out of the floorboards.
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Homes have beendaubedwith paint.
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Some individuals have beendaubedwith axle grease and stuffed into a tank or oil drum and then set to fire.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The church is in a state of disrepair, and has graffitidaubedon some of the walls.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His unshaven face wasdaubedred in warpaint, its long chin etched with a diagonal scar.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The mural has suffered from neglect and has beendaubedwith graffiti.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Modelled in heavy, laden strokes, and in general,daubedand dragged the paint around until it did his bidding.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.New type of fabrics also introduced in market as like starchy silks,daubedsilks.
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- blinding-flash
- blinding light
- blindingly
- blind-leading-the-blind
- blind loyalty
- blindly
- blind man's buff
- blind-man-s-buff
- blindness
- blindness-to
- blindness to sth
- blind pool
- blind-pool
- blind prejudice
- blind sb with science
- blind-sb-with-science
- blind side
- blindside
- blind-side
- blindsided
- blindsiding
- blind someone with science
- blind spot
- blind-spot
- blind student