Definitions
1.NounA coarse file or filelike tool, 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.
2.NounThe sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound."the rasp of her perpetual cough"
3.VerbTo use a rasp.
4.VerbTo make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps.
5.VerbTo say in a raspy voice.
6.VerbTo work something with a rasp."to rasp wood to make it smooth; to rasp bones to powder"
7.VerbTo grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language."Some sounds rasp the ear.; His insults rasped my temper."
8.NounThe raspberry.