daub
verb (used with object)
to cover or coat with soft, adhesive matter, as plaster or mud.
daubed
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past participleof daub.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof daub.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
daubverb (used with object)to cover or coat with soft, adhesive matter, as plaster or mud.
Example Sentences
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Martine Letterie, one of the campaign's organisers, said concentration camps were increasingly the target of vandalism, including far-right imagery daubed on sites.
From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026
On the front steps, insults daubed in spray paint were directed at both Mayor Karen Bass and President Trump.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2025
With the campaign heading into the homestretch, Gluesenkamp Perez recently embarked on a RV tour of the 3rd Congressional District, down twisting two-lane roads, past farmland and forests daubed with red, yellow and orange.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2024
Not far from the centre of Tbilisi, Vano Chkhikvadze points to graffiti daubed in red on the walls and ground outside his office at the Civil Society Foundation.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2024
In my parent’s creamy bedroom I sat at Mum's dressing table, spiked my hair with L’Oréal hair mousse, daubed an Adam Ant stripe across my face, and held her opal brooch over one eye.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
