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Rasp
Definitions
- 1 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.
- 2 The raspberry. obsolete
"Set sorrel amongst rasps, and the rasps will be smaller."
- 3 a coarse file with sharp pointed projections wordnet
- 4 The sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound.
"the rasp of her perpetual cough"
- 5 uttering in an irritated tone wordnet
- 1 To use a rasp. intransitive
- 2 utter in a grating voice wordnet
- 3 To make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps. intransitive
- 4 scrape with a rasp wordnet
- 5 To say in a raspy voice.
"“No. I am going to feed you to the children,” rasped Burt, his laugh rattling around his throat, prising Dad’s fingers one by one off his apron."
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- 6 To work something with a rasp. transitive
"to rasp wood to make it smooth"
- 7 To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language. ambitransitive, figuratively
"Some sounds rasp the ear."
Etymology
From Middle English raspen, from Old French rasper, from Frankish *hraspōn, from Proto-Germanic *hraspōną, related to Proto-Germanic *hrespaną (“to tear”). Compare Old High German raspōn (“to gather, rake”), Old English ġehrespan (“to tear”). The noun is from Middle French raspe.
From Middle English raspen, from Old French rasper, from Frankish *hraspōn, from Proto-Germanic *hraspōną, related to Proto-Germanic *hrespaną (“to tear”). Compare Old High German raspōn (“to gather, rake”), Old English ġehrespan (“to tear”). The noun is from Middle French raspe.
From raspberry.
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