Rasp

[rɑːsp] or [ræsp]

Definition

(noun.) a coarse file with sharp pointed projections.

(noun.) uttering in an irritated tone.

(verb.) utter in a grating voice.

(verb.) scrape with a rasp.

Editor: Milton--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To rub or file with a rasp; to rub or grate with a rough file; as, to rasp wood to make it smooth; to rasp bones to powder.

(v. t.) Hence, figuratively: To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language; as, some sounds rasp the ear; his insults rasped my temper.

(v.) A coarse file, 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.

(v.) The raspberry.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Coarse file (the prominences in which are made by a punch and not by a chisel, as are those of the file, properly so called).

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Definition

v.t. to rub with a coarse file: to utter in a grating manner.—v.i. to have a grating effect.—n. a coarse file.—ns. Rasp′atory a surgeon's rasp; Rasp′er that which rasps: (coll.) a difficult fence; Rasp′-house a place where wood is reduced to powder for dyeing; Rasp′ing a filing.—adj. exasperating.—adv. Rasp′ingly.—ns. Rasp′ing-machine′ a bark-cutting machine; Rasp′ing-mill; Rasp′-punch a tool for cutting the teeth of rasps.—adj. Rasp′y rough.

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