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Meanings of daub in English

Portuguese
mancha
Catalan
taca
Spanish
manchón

A blemish made by dirt.

mancha
Catalan
enguixar

Coat with plaster.

enguixar
Synonyms
Examples for "plaster"
Examples for "plaster"
1
There were no signs of shelves in it; the plaster was smooth.
Donal Grant
2
The plaster cast broke in two- Imustsay to my great satisfaction.
Rock and Ice Magazine
3
Nobody but Vermeer could have done the plaster wall in the sunlight.
Hillsboro People
4
Apply to floors and walls to create a gorgeous Venetian plaster effect.
The Irish Times
5
Not only in the plaster, but through the lathing, the aperture extended.
The Circular Staircase
Usage of daub in English
1
The painter squeezed a daub of brilliant red on to her palette.
Dorian
2
The hut was very small and was made of wattle and daub.
A Boy's Ride
3
A cottage built of wattle and daub stood ahead, roofed in straw.
Assail
4
They hardly distinguish the difference between a Correggio and a common daub.
Table Talk: Essays on Men and Manners
5
It was a green cornhusk wrapped around a daub of sticky honeycomb.
Rogues
6
Next door to where we meet, youths daub the walls with slogans.
The Irish Times
7
I don't daub any more, but I can see, I can paint!
Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories
8
They coloured themselves in fearsome style, red being the favourite daub.
The Romance of a Pro-Consul / Being the Personal Life and Memoir...
9
The old pole and daub house dropped to pieces long ago.
Cinderella in the South: Twenty-Five South African Tales
10
There was even a daub on the side of her handsome sensitive nose.
The Adventures of Kathlyn
11
They daub the Raven-in-Flight upon every wall where property is destroyed.
Jonathan strange and mr norrell
12
Any daub will do, provided your hand lays on the colours.
The Rocks of Valpré
13
We sold to the madre a couple of those daub yours.
Renaissance
14
So she fetched a daub of perfect pitch instead from Port.
The Slow Regard of Silent Things
15
She melted a daub of sealing wax onto the top of the bottle.
The Wise Man’s Fear
16
He stared at what seemed a careless daub of paint, then stepped away.
Martin Eden
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Translations for daub
Portuguese
manchanódoa
Daub through the time
Daub across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common