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rasp

 (răsp)
n.
1. A coarse file with sharp, pointed projections.
2. The act of filing with a rasp.
3. A harsh grating sound.
v. rasped, rasp·ing, rasps
v.tr.
1. To file or scrape with a rasp.
2. To utter in a grating voice.
3. To grate on (nerves or feelings).
v.intr.
1. To scrape harshly; grate.
2. To make a harsh, grating sound.

[Old French raspe, from rasper, to rasp, of Germanic origin. V., Middle English raspen, from Middle Dutch raspen, from Old French rasper.]

rasp′er n.
rasp′ing·ly adv.
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rasp

(rɑːsp)
n
1. a harsh grating noise
2. (Tools) a coarse file with rows of raised teeth
vb
3. (tr) to scrape or rub (something) roughly, esp with a rasp; abrade
4. to utter with or make a harsh grating noise
5. to irritate (one's nerves or senses); grate (upon)
[C16: from Old French raspe, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German raspōn to scrape]
ˈrasper n
ˈraspish adj

rasp

(rɑːsp)
n
(Plants) an informal or Scot word for raspberry
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rasp

(ræsp, rɑsp)

v.t.
1. to scrape or abrade with or as if with a rough instrument.
2. to grate upon or irritate: The sound rasped his nerves.
3. to utter with a grating sound: to rasp out an order.
v.i.
4. to scrape or grate.
5. to make a grating sound.
n.
6. an act of rasping.
7. a rasping sound.
8. a coarse file, used mainly on wood, having separate conical teeth.
9. (in an insect) a roughened surface used in stridulation.
[1200–50; < Old French rasper to scrape, grate]
rasp′ish, adj.
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rasp


Past participle: rasped
Gerund: rasping

Imperative
rasp
rasp
Present
I rasp
you rasp
he/she/it rasps
we rasp
you rasp
they rasp
Preterite
I rasped
you rasped
he/she/it rasped
we rasped
you rasped
they rasped
Present Continuous
I am rasping
you are rasping
he/she/it is rasping
we are rasping
you are rasping
they are rasping
Present Perfect
I have rasped
you have rasped
he/she/it has rasped
we have rasped
you have rasped
they have rasped
Past Continuous
I was rasping
you were rasping
he/she/it was rasping
we were rasping
you were rasping
they were rasping
Past Perfect
I had rasped
you had rasped
he/she/it had rasped
we had rasped
you had rasped
they had rasped
Future
I will rasp
you will rasp
he/she/it will rasp
we will rasp
you will rasp
they will rasp
Future Perfect
I will have rasped
you will have rasped
he/she/it will have rasped
we will have rasped
you will have rasped
they will have rasped
Future Continuous
I will be rasping
you will be rasping
he/she/it will be rasping
we will be rasping
you will be rasping
they will be rasping
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been rasping
you have been rasping
he/she/it has been rasping
we have been rasping
you have been rasping
they have been rasping
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been rasping
you will have been rasping
he/she/it will have been rasping
we will have been rasping
you will have been rasping
they will have been rasping
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been rasping
you had been rasping
he/she/it had been rasping
we had been rasping
you had been rasping
they had been rasping
Conditional
I would rasp
you would rasp
he/she/it would rasp
we would rasp
you would rasp
they would rasp
Past Conditional
I would have rasped
you would have rasped
he/she/it would have rasped
we would have rasped
you would have rasped
they would have rasped
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.rasp - uttering in an irritated tone
utterance, vocalization - the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication
2.rasp - a coarse file with sharp pointed projectionsrasp - a coarse file with sharp pointed projections
file - a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces; used for smoothing wood or metal
Verb1.rasp - scrape with a rasp
2.rasp - utter in a grating voice
mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
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rasp

verb
1. say hoarsely, croak, squawk 'Where've you put it?' he rasped.
2. scrape, grind, rub, scour, excoriate, abrade The blade rasped over his skin.
noun
1. hoarse sound, croak, squawk He was still laughing when he heard the rasp of her voice.
2. grating, grinding, scratch, scrape the rasp of something being drawn across the sand
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rasp

verb
To bring or come into abrasive contact, often with a harsh grating sound:
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Translations
rašple
rahinarahistaraspataraspi
csikorgásráspolyreszelő

rasp

[rɑːsp]
A. N
1. (= tool) → escofina f, raspador m
2. (= sound) → chirrido m; [of voice] → tono m áspero
B. VT
1. (with file) → raspar, escofinar
2. (= speak) (also rasp out) → decir con voz áspera; [+ order] → espetar
C. VIhacer un sonido desapacible
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rasp

[ˈrɑːsp]
n (= tool) → râpe f
vt (= speak with a rough voice) → dire d'une voix rocailleuse, dire d'une voix rauque
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rasp

n (= tool)Raspel f; (= noise)Kratzen nt no pl; (of cough, when breathing)Keuchen nt no pl
vt
(Tech) → raspeln, feilen; to rasp something awayetw wegraspeln or abfeilen
(= say: also rasp out) insultskrächzen; ordersschnarren
vikratzen; (breath)rasseln ? also rasping
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rasp

[rɑːsp]
1. n (tool) → raspa, lima; (sound) → stridio, suono stridulo
2. vt (file) → raspare, raschiare; (speak) (also rasp out) → gracchiare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
References in classic literature ?
I admire you very much; you are a woman of strong head and great talent; but the strongest head, and the greatest talent, can't rasp a man for forty years without making him sore.
The quick-silvery glaze on the rivers and pools vanished; from broad mirrors of light they changed to lustreless sheets of lead, with a surface like a rasp. But that spectacle did not affect her preoccupation.
"Ten fella three times, Billy," Sheldon said encouragingly, though there was a certain metallic rasp in his voice.
Waking or sleeping it was always with me, whirring and jarring across my heart-strings like an enormous rasp. At break of day it came whooping across the fields to spoil my pleasant morning revery.
From the first blush of dawn until the closing of the twilight, the clatter of the hammer and the rasp of the saw was never absent from the monument which the immigrants erected to Him who had led them safe through many dangers.
"I won't like you if you run me against a brick wall," she said, as the machine rasped up against the curb "Do attend to the steering."
In May and June come pinks of all sorts, specially the blushpink; roses of all kinds, except the musk, which comes later; honeysuckles; strawberries; bugloss; columbine; the French marigold, flos Africanus; cherry-tree in fruit; ribes; figs in fruit; rasps; vineflowers; lavender in flowers; the sweet satyrian, with the white flower; herba muscaria; lilium convallium; the apple-tree in blossom.
Meeting everywhere faces that he knew as friends, the savage grated his teeth together like rasps of iron, and swallowed his passion for want of a victim on whom to vent it.
Meeting new hardware architecture of the solution, RAIDIX team has issued a new release of RAIDIX RASP software (RAIDIX Archival Solutions for Panasonic).
Col Bell, who was then a major and Capt Price's company commander, was the senior planning officer for the exercise and failed to review or counter-sign the Rasp produced by Capt Price and failed to supervise or support him.
Fiona Eddington, representing Capt Price, suggested to the witness his briefing during the visit had given the soldiers the impression they only needed to produce one Rasp for the whole week.