bedaub en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /bɪˈdɔb/ without the cot–caught merger
- bĭ-dôb′ (General-American)
- /biˈdɑb/ (cot-caught-merger)
- /bɪˈdɔːb/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /bɪˈdɑb/ (cot-caught-merger)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /biˈdɔb/ without the cot–caught merger
- bē-dôb′ (General-American)
Etymology
From be- (“thoroughly, extensively”) + daub, from Old French dauber (“to plaster, whitewash”), from Latin dealbō (“whiten over, plaster”).
Meanings
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(transitive) To smear upon; to soil.
In this 6 mile we Crosst several miring branches in which we were all terribly bedaubed … Having almost spent the day in this toilsome tho short Journey.
2009, Noeleen McIlvenna, quoting journal, 1711, A Very Mutinous People, Univ of North Carolina Press, →ISBN, page 18:
- (transitive) To ornament garishly; to overdecorate.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bedaubing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bedaubs | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| bedaubed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bedaubed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| bedawb | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
Synonyms
slotter · inquinate · imbrue (especially with blood) · elt · begrime · befilth · besmirch · sully · sowl · gunk · befoul · gaud · blur · beray · smutch · sullow · foul · smudge · scunge · smirch · tarnish · bedaub · besmear · uggle · bewray · blacken · spot · assoil · gunk up · beclart · dirty · dirten · soss · blot · file · sling mud · smear · darken · beshit · befile · sully · stain · bedirty · besully · bedizen · contaminate · befoul · slur · smut · bedizen · defile · clat · foil · bedirty · soil
Translations (4)
fi tahria (to smear upon; to soil) · ota بولامق (to smear upon; to soil) · fi liata (to smear upon; to soil) · bg изцапвам (to smear upon; to soil)