Canadian English Meaning of rasp

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Definitions and Meaning of rasp in English

Wordnet

rasp (n)

uttering in an irritated tone

a coarse file with sharp pointed projections

Wordnet

rasp (v)

scrape with a rasp

utter in a grating voice

Webster

rasp (v. t.)

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.

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.

Webster

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.

The raspberry.

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