rasp
/ræsp/
verb
- To speak in a rough, harsh voice.
- "Get out," he rasped, his throat sore from yelling.
- She rasped an order at the soldiers.
- The coach rasped instructions from the sidelines.
- To make a rough, grating sound.
- His breath rasped as he struggled up the hill.
- The metal file rasped against the iron bar.
- The old hinges rasped as the gate swung open.
- To scrape or rub roughly, as with a file or rough surface.
- She rasped the rust off the old tool.
- He rasped the wood until it was perfectly smooth.
- The cat's tongue rasped against my hand.
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noun
- A rough, harsh sound, like the sound of a file on metal or a person's rough voice.
- The rasp of the old man's voice made him sound tired.
- The door opened with a metallic rasp.
- She heard the rasp of a saw cutting through wood.
- A coarse file used for shaping wood, metal, or other hard materials.
- The carpenter reached for a rasp to refine the curve.
- He used a rasp to smooth the edges of the wooden plank.
- A metal rasp is useful for removing sharp burrs.
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