rasp
verb (used with object)
to scrape or abrade with a rough instrument.
has rasped
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present perfectof rasp (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Lil Wayne has rasped into life forever what Bryant was about.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2020
Every Sunday afternoon since 1941, over city-owned WNYC, the Little Flower has rasped and ricocheted his way through 30 minutes of the most unorthodox chatter on the air.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is jokingly said that her keel has rasped off the branch coral round all the islands.
From The Hawaiian Archipelago by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
"We really must go," murmurs Giddy hastily, catching her breath as Mr. Grebby lights his pipe with a match he has rasped along his trousers.
From When the Birds Begin to Sing by Harold Piffard
