Bedaub (Verb)
Meaning
Spread or daub (a surface).
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The children liked to bedaub the entire sheet of paper with glue and glitter to create a sparkly collage.
- She carefully chose the colors to bedaub the walls with, matching the furniture in the living room.
- After making the bread dough, they began to bedaub the loaves with a special egg wash for browning.
- His masterpiece was finished with a light layer to bedaub the wood surface in addition to its finely detailed carvings.
- She was cautioned not to bedaub the pastry too thickly as the sweet glaze would run if it got too hot in the oven.