Rasp

Quick meaning: Rasp is a noun meaning The sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound.

Meaning

The sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To use a rasp.
2. (intransitive) To make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps.
3. To say in a raspy voice.
4. (transitive) To work something with a rasp.
5. (ambitransitive, figurative) To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language.
6. (now rare) The raspberry.
7. A coarse file or filelike tool, 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.

Example Sentences

to rasp bones to powder

Some sounds rasp the ear.

His insults rasped my temper.

to rasp wood to make it smooth

Word Forms

• rasps
• rasping
• rasped

Synonyms for rasp

Depending on context, synonyms include rasping.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include scraper, grate, abrade, scrape, file, irritate.

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