bedaubs

present tense third-person singular of bedaub

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Verb
  • Add pasta and remaining 2 tablespoon butter; cook, stirring and shaking skillet constantly, until a creamy sauce forms that coats the pasta, about 3 minutes, adding more reserved pasta water, 1/4 cup at a time, as needed.
    Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
  • When rice makes the journey from paddy to grocery store to your home, with a few stops along the way, the grains rub against each other, resulting in a layer of starch that coats the outside of each individual grain.
    Emily Johnson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Fine Clothes paints a picture of the racist working conditions of Jim Crow America.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Clooney’s Jay is reflective and regretful about the choices he’s made throughout his career — which have left his adult children feeling abandoned and neglected — but the film seldom paints him as cruel or even all that foolish.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Bedaubs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedaubs. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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