| daub | vt 1. apply roughly, smear, memalitkan, mencalitkan: to ~ paint onto a canvas, memalitkan cat pd kanvas. 2. coat, menyapu, melumas; (with pasty mixture) menepek: to ~ a wall with plaster, menepek dinding dgn lepa; 3. paint crudely, badly, melukis; 4. make dirty, soil, (act.) memalit; (with scribbles, slogans, etc) menconteng; (pass.) berpalit; (with scribbles, slogans, etc) berconteng: overalls ~ed with whitewash, baju kerja yg berpalit kapur. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| dab | vt 1. apply small amount, a. (gen) membubuh: to ~ rouge on the cheeks, membubuh pemerah pipi pd pipi; b. (of powder, face cream, etc) menepek-nepekkan; c. (of polish, paint, etc) memalitkan, mencalitkan; 2. tap, a. (to remove stain, dirt, etc) mengelap, memedap; (on wound) menekap; b. (to apply paint etc) memalitkan, mencalitkan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| dab | n 1. light tap, a. (to remove stain, dirt, etc) mengelap, memedap; b. (to apply paint etc) palit, calit; make a ~ at st (with paint etc), /memalitkan, mencalitkan/ (cat dll) pd sst: he made a few ~s at the fence with the paint, dia mencalitkan cat beberapa kali pd pagar itu; 2. small amount, sedikit: to apply a ~ of rouge, membubuh sedikit pemerah pipi; 3. (colloq) expert, (orang yg) /ahli, mahir/: he is a ~ at carpentry, dia ahli dlm seni pertukangan kayu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |