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1. (v.t.) rasp
to scrape or abrade with or as if with a rough instrument.
2. rasp
to grate upon or irritate:
The sound rasped his nerves.
3. rasp
to utter with a grating sound:
to rasp out an order.
4. (v.i.) rasp
to scrape or grate.
5. rasp
to make a grating sound.
6. (n.) rasp
an act of rasping.
7. rasp
a rasping sound.
8. rasp
a coarse file, used mainly on wood, having separate conical teeth.
9. rasp
(in an insect) a roughened surface used in stridulation.
Etymology: (1200–50; < OF rasper to scrape, grate)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) rasp, rasping
uttering in an irritated tone
2. (verb) rasp, wood file
a coarse file with sharp pointed projections
3. (verb) rasp
scrape with a rasp
4. (verb) rasp
utter in a grating voice
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. rasp
a coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file
2. rasp
the raspberry
3. (verb) rasp
to rub or file with a rasp; to rub or grate with a rough file; as, to rasp wood to make it smooth; to rasp bones to powder
4. (verb) rasp
hence, figuratively: To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language; as, some sounds rasp the ear; his insults rasped my temper
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