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Thesaurus: daub

To smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear.

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  1. v. t. To smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear.
  2. v. t. To paint in a coarse or unskillful manner.
  3. v. t. To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal.
  4. v. t. To flatter excessively or glossy.
  5. v. t. To put on without taste; to deck gaudily.
  6. v. i. To smear; to play the flatterer.
  7. n. A viscous, sticky application; a spot smeared or dabed; a smear.
  8. n. A picture coarsely executed.
  9. n. material used to daub walls
  10. n. a blemish made by dirt
  11. n. an unskillful painting
  12. v. coat with plaster