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7 Letter Words for Rasping
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Definitions for Rasping
[1] harsh; grating: a rasping voice.
[2] a tiny piece of material removed by rasping or scraping: raspings of sawed wood.
[3] raspings, dry bread crumbs.
[4] to scrape or abrade with a rough instrument.
[5] to scrape or rub roughly: The glacier rasped the valley floor.
[6] to grate upon or irritate: The sound rasped his nerves.
[7] to utter with a grating sound: to rasp out an answer.
[8] to scrape or grate.
[9] to make a grating sound.
[10] an act of rasping.
[11] a rasping sound.
[12] a coarse file, used mainly on wood, having separate conical teeth.
[13] (in an insect) a roughened surface used in stridulation.
[14] (esp of a noise) harsh or grating; rough
[15] a harsh grating noise
[16] a coarse file with rows of raised teeth
[17] (tr) to scrape or rub (something) roughly, esp with a rasp; abrade
[18] to utter with or make a harsh grating noise
[19] to irritate (one's nerves or senses); grate (upon)
[20] an informal or Scot word for raspberry
Words related to Rasping
rough, grinding, grating, abrasive, harsh, raucous, stridulous, hoarse, raspy
Words nearby Rasping
rasp, raspatory, raspberry, raspberry sawfly, rasper, rasping, raspings, rasputin, rasputin, grigori, raspy, rasse
Origin of Rasping
1200–50; Middle English raspen < Old French rasper to scrape, grate < Germanic; see rape3
Other words from Rasping
rasp·ing·ly , adverb
rasp·ing·ness , noun
un·rasp·ing , adjective
rasp·ish , adjective
un·rasped , adjective
Word origin for Rasping
C16: from Old French raspe , of Germanic origin; compare Old High German raspōn to scrape