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Definitions for Rasp

[1] to scrape or abrade with a rough instrument.
[2] to scrape or rub roughly: The glacier rasped the valley floor.
[3] to grate upon or irritate: The sound rasped his nerves.
[4] to utter with a grating sound: to rasp out an answer.
[5] to scrape or grate.
[6] to make a grating sound.
[7] an act of rasping.
[8] a rasping sound.
[9] a coarse file, used mainly on wood, having separate conical teeth.
[10] (in an insect) a roughened surface used in stridulation.
[11] a harsh grating noise
[12] a coarse file with rows of raised teeth
[13] (tr) to scrape or rub (something) roughly, esp with a rasp; abrade
[14] to utter with or make a harsh grating noise
[15] to irritate (one's nerves or senses); grate (upon)
[16] an informal or Scot word for raspberry

Words related to Rasp

pound, irk, scrape, rub, scratch, bray, excoriate, jar, vex, irritate, abrade, file, grate, raze, scour, wear, sand

Words nearby Rasp

rasmalai, rasmussen, rason, rasophore, rasorial, rasp, raspatory, raspberry, raspberry sawfly, rasper, rasping

Origin of Rasp

1200–50; Middle English raspen < Old French rasper to scrape, grate < Germanic; see rape3

Other words from Rasp

rasp·ish , adjective
un·rasped , adjective

Word origin for Rasp

C16: from Old French raspe , of Germanic origin; compare Old High German raspōn to scrape

Synonyms for Rasp

abrade, bray, excoriate, file, grate, irk, irritate, jar, pound, raze, rub, sand, scour, scrape, scratch, vex, wear