I applied a fat daub of paint to the canvas.
Source: tatoeba (10522489)
Daub
//dɔb//
Synonyms for "daub" (213 found)
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Strong matches (64)
Related words (106)
lay on colorlikenesslimnlubricatemaculamaculationmaculemarkminiaturemisdrawmispaintmontagemosaicmuraloilpaintpaint a picturepanoramapargetparody
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75 translations across 28 languages.
Breton
3 entries- tilh noun (soft coating of mud, plaster etc)
- tilhas noun (soft coating of mud, plaster etc)
- tortis noun (soft coating of mud, plaster etc)
Bulgarian
4 entries- мазилка noun (soft coating of mud, plaster etc)
- цапотене noun (crude or amateurish painting)
- мажа verb (to apply something in hasty or crude strokes)
- цапам verb (to apply something in hasty or crude strokes)
Catalan
1 entries- empastifar verb (to apply something in hasty or crude strokes)
Czech
3 entries- mazanice noun (soft coating of mud, plaster etc)
- mazanice noun (crude or amateurish painting)
- naplácat verb (to apply something in hasty or crude strokes)
Danish
1 entries- klatmaleri noun (crude or amateurish painting)
Dutch
4 entries- kladschilderij noun (crude or amateurish painting)
- stroleem noun (soft coating of mud, plaster etc)
- besmeren verb (to apply something in hasty or crude strokes)
- kladschilderen verb (to apply something in hasty or crude strokes)
Finnish
1 entries- sutia verb (to apply something in hasty or crude strokes)
French
3 entries- croûte noun (crude or amateurish painting)
- torchis noun (soft coating of mud, plaster etc)
- barbouiller verb (to apply something in hasty or crude strokes)
Galician
1 entries- emboutar verb (to apply something in hasty or crude strokes)
German
4 entries- Kleckserei noun (crude or amateurish painting)
- Lehmbewurf noun (soft coating of mud, plaster etc)
- Lehmverstrich noun (soft coating of mud, plaster etc)
- Schmiererei noun (crude or amateurish painting)
Hawaiian
1 entries- poni verb (to apply something in hasty or crude strokes)
Hungarian
4 entries- mázolmány noun (crude or amateurish painting)
- odamázol verb (to apply something in hasty or crude strokes)
- ráken verb (to apply something in hasty or crude strokes)
- rámázol verb (to apply something in hasty or crude strokes)
Icelandic
1 entries- múrhúð noun (soft coating of mud, plaster etc)
Italian
2 entries- crosta noun (crude or amateurish painting)
- imbrattare verb (to apply something in hasty or crude strokes)
Latin
1 entries- lino verb (to apply something in hasty or crude strokes)
Māori
1 entries- pani verb (to apply something in hasty or crude strokes)
Polish
2 entries- bohomaz noun (crude or amateurish painting)
- pomazać verb (to apply something in hasty or crude strokes)
Portuguese
1 entries- borrar verb (to apply something in hasty or crude strokes)
Russian
4 entries- мазня́ noun (crude or amateurish painting)
- обма́зка noun (soft coating of mud, plaster etc)
- штукату́рка noun (soft coating of mud, plaster etc)
- ма́зать verb (to apply something in hasty or crude strokes)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- spairt noun (soft coating of mud, plaster etc)
- sloisir verb (to apply something in hasty or crude strokes)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- mazarija noun (crude or amateurish painting)
- mrljotina noun (crude or amateurish painting)
- črčkarija noun (crude or amateurish painting)
- žbuka noun (soft coating of mud, plaster etc)
Spanish
4 entries- pintarrajo noun (crude or amateurish painting)
- embadurnar verb (to apply something in hasty or crude strokes)
- manchar verb (to apply something in hasty or crude strokes)
- pintarrajear verb (to apply something in hasty or crude strokes)
Tongan
1 entries- pani verb (to apply something in hasty or crude strokes)
Turkish
4 entries- acemice boyanmış resim noun (crude or amateurish painting)
- harç noun (soft coating of mud, plaster etc)
- leke noun (soft coating of mud, plaster etc)
- çamur noun (soft coating of mud, plaster etc)
Ukrainian
1 entries- мазня́ noun (crude or amateurish painting)
Walloon
2 entries- dåborer verb (to apply something in hasty or crude strokes)
- tchabårer verb (to apply something in hasty or crude strokes)
Welsh
1 entries- dwb noun (soft coating of mud, plaster etc)
Yiddish
1 entries- פּאַטשקען verb (to apply something in hasty or crude strokes)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
I daub the venison with shortening.
Source: tatoeba (10522490)
You've missed a bit. Just daub your brush there in the corner.
Source: tatoeba (10808873)
A small daub of very watery enamel should be taken on the end of the spatula and laid upon the metal where it is to be enameled.
Source: tatoeba (10968764)
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