rasp
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Noun [edit]
rasp (plural rasps)
- 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.
- The sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound.
- the rasp of her perpetual cough
- (obsolete) The raspberry.
- Francis Bacon
- Set sorrel amongst rasps, and the rasps will be smaller.
- Francis Bacon
Translations [edit]
coarse file
sound made by a rasp
Verb [edit]
rasp (third-person singular simple present rasps, present participle rasping, simple past and past participle rasped)
- (intransitive) To use a rasp
- (intransitive) To make a noise similar to the one a rasp in use makes; to utter rasps
- (transitive) To work something with a rasp
Translations [edit]
to use a rasp
to make a noise like that of a rasp
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