rasp
English
Etymology
From Middle English raspen, partly from Middle Dutch raspen and partly from Old French rasper; both ultimately from Frankish *hraspōn, from Proto-Germanic *hraspōną, related to Proto-Germanic *hrespaną (“to tear”). Compare Old High German raspōn (“to scrape”), Old English ġehrespan (“to tear”). The noun is from Middle French raspe.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
Hypernyms
Translations
coarse file
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sound made by a rasp
Verb
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 makes in use; to utter rasps.
- (transitive) To work something with a rasp.
- to rasp wood to make it smooth; to rasp bones to powder
- (transitive, intransitive, figurative) To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language.
- Some sounds rasp the ear.
- His insults rasped my temper.
Translations
to use a rasp
to make a noise like that of a rasp
to work something with a rasp
to grate or rub roughly
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Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Noun
rasp f (plural raspen, diminutive raspje n)
Verb
rasp
- (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of raspen
- (deprecated template usage) imperative of raspen
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Verb
rasp
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