rasp
to scrape or abrade with a rough instrument.
to scrape or rub roughly: The glacier rasped the valley floor.
to grate upon or irritate: The sound rasped his nerves.
to utter with a grating sound: to rasp out an answer.
to scrape or grate.
to make a grating sound.
an act of rasping.
a rasping sound.
a coarse file, used mainly on wood, having separate conical teeth.
(in an insect) a roughened surface used in stridulation.
Origin of rasp
1Other words from rasp
- raspish, adjective
- un·rasped, adjective
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How to use rasp in a sentence
Machines for cutting files and rasps were patented by Mr. Shilton, Dartmouth Street, in 1833.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellFreckles idly wondered whether the nerve-racking rasps they occasionally emitted indicated domestic felicity or a raging quarrel.
Freckles | Gene Stratton-PorterIt is worthy of observation, that a pair of these rasps is between the second and third pair of true legs.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4) | William Kirbyrasp′ing-machine′, a bark-cutting machine; rasp′ing-mill; rasp′-punch, a tool for cutting the teeth of rasps.
It is exactly the contrary to the Raspberry, a fruit not named by Shakespeare, though common in his time under the name of Rasps.
The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare | Henry Nicholson Ellacombe
British Dictionary definitions for rasp (1 of 2)
/ (rɑːsp) /
a harsh grating noise
a coarse file with rows of raised teeth
(tr) to scrape or rub (something) roughly, esp with a rasp; abrade
to utter with or make a harsh grating noise
to irritate (one's nerves or senses); grate (upon)
Origin of rasp
1Derived forms of rasp
- rasper, noun
- raspish, adjective
British Dictionary definitions for rasp (2 of 2)
/ (rɑːsp) /
an informal or Scot word for raspberry
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