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PRONUNCIATION OF BEDAUB

bedaub  [bɪˈdɔːb] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BEDAUB

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bedaub is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb bedaub in English.

WHAT DOES BEDAUB MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bedaub in the English dictionary

The definition of bedaub in the dictionary is to smear all over with something thick, sticky, or dirty. Other definition of bedaub is to ornament in a gaudy or vulgar fashion.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BEDAUB

PRESENT

Present
I bedaub
you bedaub
he/she/it bedaubs
we bedaub
you bedaub
they bedaub
Present continuous
I am bedaubing
you are bedaubing
he/she/it is bedaubing
we are bedaubing
you are bedaubing
they are bedaubing
Present perfect
I have bedaubed
you have bedaubed
he/she/it has bedaubed
we have bedaubed
you have bedaubed
they have bedaubed
Present perfect continuous
I have been bedaubing
you have been bedaubing
he/she/it has been bedaubing
we have been bedaubing
you have been bedaubing
they have been bedaubing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I bedaubed
you bedaubed
he/she/it bedaubed
we bedaubed
you bedaubed
they bedaubed
Past continuous
I was bedaubing
you were bedaubing
he/she/it was bedaubing
we were bedaubing
you were bedaubing
they were bedaubing
Past perfect
I had bedaubed
you had bedaubed
he/she/it had bedaubed
we had bedaubed
you had bedaubed
they had bedaubed
Past perfect continuous
I had been bedaubing
you had been bedaubing
he/she/it had been bedaubing
we had been bedaubing
you had been bedaubing
they had been bedaubing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will bedaub
you will bedaub
he/she/it will bedaub
we will bedaub
you will bedaub
they will bedaub
Future continuous
I will be bedaubing
you will be bedaubing
he/she/it will be bedaubing
we will be bedaubing
you will be bedaubing
they will be bedaubing
Future perfect
I will have bedaubed
you will have bedaubed
he/she/it will have bedaubed
we will have bedaubed
you will have bedaubed
they will have bedaubed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been bedaubing
you will have been bedaubing
he/she/it will have been bedaubing
we will have been bedaubing
you will have been bedaubing
they will have been bedaubing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would bedaub
you would bedaub
he/she/it would bedaub
we would bedaub
you would bedaub
they would bedaub
Conditional continuous
I would be bedaubing
you would be bedaubing
he/she/it would be bedaubing
we would be bedaubing
you would be bedaubing
they would be bedaubing
Conditional perfect
I would have bedaub
you would have bedaub
he/she/it would have bedaub
we would have bedaub
you would have bedaub
they would have bedaub
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been bedaubing
you would have been bedaubing
he/she/it would have been bedaubing
we would have been bedaubing
you would have been bedaubing
they would have been bedaubing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you bedaub
we let´s bedaub
you bedaub
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to bedaub
Past participle
bedaubed
Present Participle
bedaubing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BEDAUB


absorb
əbˈsɔːb
adsorb
ədˈsɔːb
chemisorb
ˌkɛmɪˈsɔːb
chemosorb
ˌkeməˈsɔːb
daub
dɔːb
desorb
dɪˈsɔːb
dorb
dɔːb
forb
fɔːb
Godthaab
ˈɡɔdhɔːb
inorb
ɪnˈɔːb
orb
ɔːb
preabsorb
ˌpriːəbˈzɔːb
reabsorb
ˌriːəbˈzɔːb
resorb
rɪˈsɔːb
sorb
sɔːb
warb
wɔːb
wattle-and-daub
ˈwɒtələnˈdɔːb

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BEDAUB

bed-blocker
bed-blocking
bed-wetter
bed-wetting
bedabble
bedad
bedaggle
bedamn
bedarken
bedash
bedaze
bedazzle
bedazzled
bedazzlement
bedboard
bedbug
bedchair
bedchamber
bedclothes
bedcover

WORDS THAT END LIKE BEDAUB

bathtub
book club
club
country club
cub
dub
fan club
golf club
grub
hot tub
hub
nightclub
on the club
pub
rub
scrub
stub
sub
tub
wattle and daub

Synonyms and antonyms of bedaub in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BEDAUB»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «bedaub» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of bedaub

Translation of «bedaub» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BEDAUB

Find out the translation of bedaub to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bedaub from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bedaub» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

bedaub
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bedaub
570 millions of speakers

English

bedaub
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

bedaub
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لوث
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

замазать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bedaub
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লেপন করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

barbouiller
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bedaub
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

beschmieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

塗りたくる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

bedaub
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bedaub
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bedaub
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेडौब
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

lekelemek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

imbrattare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zabazgrać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

замазати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bedaub
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

bedaub
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

besmeer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bedaub
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bedaub
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bedaub

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BEDAUB»

The term «bedaub» is used very little and occupies the 154.347 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BEDAUB» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bedaub» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bedaub» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bedaub

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEDAUB»

Discover the use of bedaub in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bedaub and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
bedaub. verb literary theirfaces were bedaubed with white paint. See daub (verb) . bedclothes. plural noun bedding ... bedaub. F. beggar. Word. links. beetle. coleopteran, coleopterous relating to beetles. beetling. adjective Marcus glared at ...
Maurice Waite, 2009
2
A dictionary of the Panjábí language
foqar^gcT libra,una, e. a. To cover with mud, &c. ; to smear, to bedaub, to soil. Iwyi lib,ba, a. Soft, sticky, in ferior, ( gur or shakhar. ) f55qT\rt limbd,i, ' s.f. Plastering, &c. ; wages for ttie same. fe^T^e^T limba,una, v. a. To cause to be plastered, ...
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Punjab mission. Ludhiana station, Levi Janvier, 1854
3
The Golden Box
... feeble All the insides Full of lies It is nothing Not something Not like you think You don't blink You're a ratter It doesn't matter It's an insignificant sin The out folds in And you're feeble But we're equal Bedaub is sin Bedaub Bedaub is sin Sticky ...
Ley Shoemark, 2012
4
Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the ...
To work in so sloveuly a way as to bedaub one's self with mire, ib. SLAE, Sxa, i. The .-loe. S. Lightfoot.— K. S. sla, Belg, liée, Germ, schick, Id. Lancash. slcu'ah, sleawgh, " the black thorn berry," T. Bobbins. SLAE BLACK, adj. Black as a sloe.
John Jamieson, John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.), John Longmuir, 1867
5
Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. Suppl. ...
A quantity of any substance in a semi-consistent state ; as, a slcrg d1 parritch, a large spoonful of porridge, S. ; q. as much as one can swallow. Dan. slurk, " a sup ." This word sup seems to correspond with our soup. To SLAIRG, v. a. To bedaub.
John Jamieson, 1841
6
Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of ...
See Adaw. To awake. No day them awaketh ; they being always awake ; on the watch. There is no daie which Ik No more the sonne than the i When there is any thing to doonc. Golfer. Con/. Am. fol. 95. BEDAUB, be and daub. See Bedabble.
Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, 1845
7
The Roxburghshire Word-Book
To smear or bedaub (anything); to put on (paint, paste, etc.) smeaiily. [Sc. (1776) slairg, (I728) slerg. Cf. G. dialect sehlargeu, schlergeu] SLAIRK, v. NE, s. int. and tr. = SLORK v. I, 2. [= Dumfries (1825) slerk] SLAISTER,sb. {1. Asloppy mess.
George Watson, 2013
8
A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ...
v. a. To bedaub. To SLAIRY. v. a. To bedaub. SLAIRY. s. A portion of the bedaubing matter. To SLA1STER. v. a. To spread over ; to befoul or bedaub. SLAISTERING. s. Doing any thing in an awkward and dirty way ; especially applied to ...
Samuel Johnson, 1828
9
An etmological dictionary of the scottish language
To bedaub, S. Glenburnie. 4. To lounge like a dog, and be content to feed on offals. S. SLAINES, SLAYANS. Letters of Siaines, letters subscribed, in case of slaughter, by the wife or executors of one who had been slain, acknowledging that ...
John Jamieson, 1818
10
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
To SLAIK, SLAKE, v. n. 1. To carry off and eat any thing clandestinely, e- specially sweetmeats, &c. S. TannahiU. Germ. schleck-en, ligurire, suavia et duleia appetere. 2. To kiss in a slabbering way, S. Lyndsay. 5. To bedaub, S. Glenburnie . 4.
John Jamieson, 1818

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BEDAUB»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bedaub is used in the context of the following news items.
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Revenge of the Footnotes
"I substitute muck, i.e., bedaub or make foul; and this is the true character of jealousy. ... For the 'green-eyed monster' I read the agreinied, i.e., ... «Courthouse News Service, Jun 15»
2
Today's Top News Stories
You'll need layer upon layer of false lashes and Illamasqua's Cream Pigments in Dab and Bedaub, £17.50 to create that deathly pallor. «Marie Claire.co.uk, Oct 14»
3
16th And 17th Century Tourists' Thoughts Of London
In this way we saw them bedaub the smart livery of one coachman, who was obliged to put up with it. In these great uproars no sword is ever ... «Londonist, Feb 13»
4
Readers React: Putting Off Marriage to Pay Off Loans
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Vain Glorious | Edgy Makeup From Illamasqua
From left, Hollow, Delirium, Mould, Emerge, Bedaub and Dab. How much: The cosmetics are $14 to $27 at sephora.com. The Toxic Claw is ... «New York Times, Mar 11»

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