Verb He daubed some cologne on his neck. Daub the potatoes with a little butter. Various political slogans had been daubed on the walls. He sighed deeply and daubed his eyes with a tissue. Noun She added a few daubs of color to the painting.
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Verb
Edwina's radiant with joy as Mary and Kate daub her with the turmeric paste. Sara Netzley, EW.com, 26 Mar. 2022 In that way, Mitski creates a musical liminal space where every ballad has a bit of shimmer and every dance tune brims with tears, and blue-gray tones daub throughout both sides. Lior Phillips, Variety, 4 Feb. 2022 Wow’s Dream Coat and daub of volumizing foam before going in with a round brush and curling iron. Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2021 Visitors queued for gobs of mineral mud to daub on faces and arms.Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2021 With the paintbrush, daub a pattern onto your cards. Sophie Bushwick, Popular Science, 21 Dec. 2020 According to Diana’s wedding day makeup artist, Barbara Daly, the bride spilled Quelques Fleurs perfume on her dress while attempting to daub the scent onto her wrists. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Nov. 2020 The range is mind-boggling: a sweet potato and coffee marmalade from Taiwan sat alongside a lime glitter marmalade, which looked like something a teenage girl would daub on her eyelids. Olivia Potts, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020 Residents built their houses out of wood lattices daubed with earth.National Geographic, 12 May 2020
Noun
Mama’s makeup had blended well over the hours, turning her face into a daub of peanut butter. Venita Blackburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 July 2021 And the dark brown fellow with the daub of white between his eyes is Little Mike, one of the premier grass runners of the past decade.Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2020 And the dark brown fellow with the daub of white between his eyes is Little Mike, one of the premier grass runners of the past decade.Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2020 And the dark brown fellow with the daub of white between his eyes is Little Mike, one of the premier grass runners of the past decade.Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2020 And the dark brown fellow with the daub of white between his eyes is Little Mike, one of the premier grass runners of the past decade.Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2020 And the dark brown fellow with the daub of white between his eyes is Little Mike, one of the premier grass runners of the past decade.Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2020 And the dark brown fellow with the daub of white between his eyes is Little Mike, one of the premier grass runners of the past decade.Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2020 And the dark brown fellow with the daub of white between his eyes is Little Mike, one of the premier grass runners of the past decade.Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2020 See More