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Rasp

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Noun, Verb (transitive)

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Rasp has 2 senses

Verb Rasp has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

Raspv. t. [OF. rasper, F. râper, to scrape, grate, rasp, fr. OHG. rasp to scrape together, to collect, probably akin to E. rap. Cf. Rap to snatch.].
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]
Raspn. [OE. raspe, OF. raspe, F. râpe. See Rasp, v.].
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]
  •  The raspberry.  Bacon.  [1913 Webster]
Rasp palm (Bot.), a Brazilian palm tree (Iriartea exorhiza) which has strong aërial 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.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Rasp, n. & v.
--n. a coarse kind of file having separate teeth.
--v.
1 tr. a scrape with a rasp. b scrape roughly. c (foll. by off, away) remove by scraping.
2 a intr. make a grating sound. b tr. say gratingly or hoarsely.
3 tr. grate upon (a person or a person's feelings), irritate.

Derivative
raspingly adv. raspy adj.
Etymology
ME f. OF raspe(r) ult. f. WG

THESAURUS

Rasp

ablate, abrade, abrase, afflict, agonize, ail, annoy, bark, belch, bite, blare, blat, bray, burn, burr, buzz, cackle, caw, chafe, chirr, clang, clangor, clank, clash, convulse, craunch, croak, crucify, crump, crunch, cut, distress, erase, erode, exacerbate, excruciate, fester, file, fray, frazzle, fret, gall, get, give pain, gnaw, gnaw away, grate, grate on, grater, grating, gravel, graze, grind, grinding, gripe, grit, groan, growl, grumble, harrow, hurt, inflame, inflict pain, irk, irritate, jangle, jar, kill by inches, lacerate, martyr, martyrize, nettle, nip, pain, pierce, pinch, prick, prolong the agony, provoke, put to torture, rack, rankle, raze, rub, rub away, rub off, rub out, scour, scranch, scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching, screech, scrub, scrunch, scuff, set on edge, skin, snarl, snore, squawk, stab, sting, stridulation, torment, torture, twang, tweak, twist, vex, wear, wear away, wear on, wound, wring

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Pulverulence

N powderiness, pulverulence, sandiness, efflorescence, friability, powder, dust, sand, shingle, sawdust, grit, meal, bran, flour, farina, rice, paddy, spore, sporule, crumb, seed, grain, particle, limature, filings, debris, detritus, tailings, talus slope, scobs, magistery, fine powder, flocculi, smoke, cloud of dust, cloud of sand, cloud of smoke, puff of smoke, volume of smoke, sand storm, dust storm, pulverization, comminution, attenuation, granulation, disintegration, subaction, contusion, trituration, levigation, abrasion, detrition, multure, limitation, tripsis, filing, mill, arrastra, gristmill, grater, rasp, file, mortar and pestle, nutmeg grater, teeth, grinder, grindstone, kern, quern, koniology, powdery, pulverulent, granular, mealy, floury, farinaceous, branny, furfuraceous, flocculent, dusty, sandy, sabulous, psammous, arenose, arenarious, arenaceous, gritty, efflorescent, impalpable, lentiginous, lepidote, sabuline, sporaceous, sporous, pulverizable, friable, crumbly, shivery, pulverized, attrite, in pieces.

VB come to dust, be disintegrated, be reduced to powder reduce to powder, grind to powder, pulverize, comminute, granulate, triturate, levigate, scrape, file, abrade, rub down, grind, grate, rasp, pound, bray, bruise, contuse, contund, beat, crush, cranch, craunch, crunch, scranch, crumble, disintegrate, attenuate.

Friction

VB rub, scratch, scrape, scrub, slide, fray, rasp, graze, curry, scour, polish, rub out, wear down, gnaw, file, grind, set one's teeth on edge, rosin.

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