RASP
\ɹˈasp], \ɹˈasp], \ɹ_ˈa_s_p]\
Definitions of RASP
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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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.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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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.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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To rub with, or as with, a file or rough instrument; to grate harshly on; irritate; as, her voice rasps one's nerves.
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A kind of rough file.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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RASPER.
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To scrape or grate, as with a rasp; treat roughly; affect harshly.
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A file like tool having coarse pyramidal projections for abrasions.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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