daub
verb (used with object)
to cover or coat with soft, adhesive matter, as plaster or mud.
daubs
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present tense formof daub (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Mottled green daubs represent grass; lounging amoebic growths stand in for rocks, perhaps mountain peaks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
Amid all this are tepid daubs of period detail: fluttering lace curtains, torn crinolines, crackling fires.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2022
The algorithm-driven daubs of pastel color, although they never cohere into legible images, “explore the heritage of landscape painting,” he said.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2022
Amid the long-running protests, people playing the character increasingly use different color face paint, including daubs of soot.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 13, 2021
The kid had an “honest-to-God genius” for spotting, amid the roadside rocks and grassy rubble, and the brown glow of thrown-away beer bottles, the emerald daubs that had once held 7-Up and Canada Dry.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
