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Webster 1913 Edition


Rasp

Rasp

(rȧsp)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Rasped
(rȧspt)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Rasping
.]
[OF.
rasper
, F.
râper
, to scrape, grate, rasp, fr. OHG.
raspōn
to scrape together, to collect, probably akin to E.
rap
. Cf.
Rap
to snatch.]
1.
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.
2.
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.

Rasp

,
Noun.
[OE.
raspe
, OF.
raspe
, F.
râpe
. See
Rasp
,
Verb.
]
1.
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.
2.
The raspberry.
[Obs.]
“Set sorrel amongst rasps, and the rasps will be the smaller.”
Bacon.
Rasp palm
(Bot.)
,
a Brazilian palm tree (
Iriartea exorhiza
) which has strong aerial roots like a screw pine. The roots have a hard, rough surface, and are used by the natives for graters and rasps, whence the common name.

Webster 1828 Edition


Rasp

R'ASP

,
Noun.
[See Rase.]
1.
A large rough file; a grater.
2.
A raspberry, which see.

R'ASP

,
Verb.
T.
[See Rase.]
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.

Definition 2024


rasp

rasp

English

Wood rasp

Noun

rasp (plural rasps)

  1. 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.
  2. The sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound.
    the rasp of her perpetual cough
  3. (obsolete) The raspberry.
    • Francis Bacon
      Set sorrel amongst rasps, and the rasps will be smaller.
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Verb

rasp (third-person singular simple present rasps, present participle rasping, simple past and past participle rasped)

  1. (intransitive) To use a rasp.
  2. (intransitive) To make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps.
  3. (transitive) To work something with a rasp.
    to rasp wood to make it smooth; to rasp bones to powder
  4. (transitive, figuratively) To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language.
    Some sounds rasp the ear.
    His insults rasped my temper.

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Pronunciation

Noun

rasp f (plural raspen, diminutive raspje n)

  1. grater, for example for cheese
  2. surform tool

Verb

rasp

  1. first-person singular present indicative of raspen
  2. imperative of raspen