bedaub C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /bɪˈdɔb/ UK /bɪˈdɔːb/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 verb to smear or cover with something sticky or dirty The children bedaubed the walls with finger paint. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to smear or cover with... smeardaubbesmearplastercoatbegrimebesmirch ↔ Opposites cleancleanse Word family Derived forms bedaubedbedaubing Related forms daub Etymology AI details From the intensive prefix be- + daub. Daub comes from Old French dauber ('to plaster, whitewash'), from Latin dealbare ('to whiten'), from de- + albus ('white'). be- Old English dealbare Latin albus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # bedaub **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /bɪˈdɔb/ **IPA (UK):** /bɪˈdɔːb/ ## Meanings 1. to smear or cover with something sticky or dirty ## Examples - The children bedaubed the walls with finger paint. ## Synonyms - smear - daub - besmear - plaster - coat - begrime - besmirch ## Antonyms - clean - cleanse ## Derived Forms - bedaubed - bedaubing ## Related Forms - daub ## Roots and Affixes - Root: be- - Root: dealbare - Root: albus ## Etymology From the intensive prefix be- + daub. Daub comes from Old French dauber ('to plaster, whitewash'), from Latin dealbare ('to whiten'), from de- + albus ('white'). ## AI Etymology Bedaub is from the intensive prefix be- + daub. Daub comes from Old French dauber ('to plaster, whitewash'), from Latin dealbare ('to whiten'), from de- + albus ('white'). Important recorded forms include be- (Old English), dealbare (Latin), and albus (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers to smear or cover with something sticky or dirty. The wider family includes derived forms such as bedaubed and bedaubing and related words such as daub. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown