Rasping

verb

Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.verbTo use a rasp.

2.verbTo make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps.

3.verbTo work something with a rasp.

"to rasp wood to make it smooth; to rasp bones to powder"

4.verbTo grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language.

"His insults rasped my temper."

5.nounA sound that rasps.

6.nounThe act of rasping as with a file.

7.adjectiveRaspy

"He spoke in a rasping voice due to throat cancer."

8.adjectiveExasperating

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