rasp
🇺🇸
/ræsp/
🇬🇧
/rɑːsp/
noun
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A sound that is rough and harsh.
There was a rasp of impatience in his voice.
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A tool with a rough surface for smoothing objects.
She used a rasp to smooth the edges of the wood.
verb
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To speak in a rough, harsh voice.
He rasped out some instructions.
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To breathe with a rough, harsh sound.
He struggled to the top of the hill, his breath rasping loudly.
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To rub a surface roughly with a rasp or something similar.
The wind rasped his face.
translation
A sound that is rough and harsh.; A tool with a rough surface for smoothing objects.
To speak in a rough, harsh voice.; To breathe with a rough, harsh sound.; To rub a surface roughly with a rasp or something similar.
Word Forms
3rd Present
rasps
Past
rasped
Perfect
rasped
Progressive
rasping
Plural
rasps