bedaub
Americanverb (used with object)
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to smear all over; besmear; soil.
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to ornament gaudily or excessively.
verb
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to smear all over with something thick, sticky, or dirty
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to ornament in a gaudy or vulgar fashion
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Origin of bedaub
Example Sentences
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Both Greeks and savages employ the bull-roarer, both bedaub the initiated with dirt or with white paint or chalk.
From Custom and Myth by Lang, Andrew
The men paint or bedaub their faces and breasts with a kind of red earth.
From The Captive in Patagonia by Bourne, Benjamin Franklin
"Yes, but you must not bedaub the walls," said Mother Carsten.
From Problematic Characters A Novel by Spielhagen, Friedrich
Both Greeks and savages employ the bull-roarer, both bedaub the initiated with dirt or with white paint or chalk.
From Custom and Myth New Edition by Lang, Andrew
To cover with dung, as for manuring; to bedaub or defile, literally or figuratively.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
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