to apply (paint etc) / to smear / to daub / to blot out / to scribble / to scrawl / (literary) mud / street
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graffiti / scrawl / poor calligraphy / to write badly / to scribble
muddled / silly / confused
muddled and completely collapsing (idiom) / in an awful condition / complete shambles / a total mess
paint
to paint / to smear / to apply (makeup etc) / to doodle / to erase / to obliterate
to alter (text) / to change by painting over / to correct (with correction fluid)
protective layer / coating
lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom) / fig. to suffer a crushing defeat
dotard
confused / vague / indistinct / muddle-headed / mixed up / in a daze
muddleheaded / careless
blunderer / bungler
to edit (a text) / to revise (a manuscript)
to obliterate (some words, or part of a picture etc) using correction fluid, ink, paint etc / to paint out / to paint over
painter / artist
to daub / to scribble (graffiti)
path / road
spread (for putting on bread etc)
correction fluid
to smear / to daub / to plaster / to apply (ointment)
to smear / to deface
to grease / to oil / to baste (cookery)
anoint
pasting table (for wallpapering)
extreme distress / in utter misery
smear (medical sample) / microscope slide
a white paint applied to tree trunks to protect the trees from insect damage etc
(idiom) to put on makeup / (idiom) to prettify
to coat / to mask / to plaster over
painted ornament / livery (on airline or company vehicle)
to decorate or finish by applying a coating / to coat (with paint, varnish etc)
variant of 塗鴉|涂鸦[] / graffiti / scrawl / poor calligraphy / to write badly / to scribble
mudskipper (amphibious fish)
to pretend to not know / to play dumb
to pretend not to know (idiom)
tidal marsh / shoal / shallows
tideland reclamation
mudflat
unclear / not straightforward / (of drinking water) lukewarm / tepid
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