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Rarerasps
The correct spelling is rasps.
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noun
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The correct spelling is rasps. 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. For example: "the rasp of her perpetual cough"
Usage Examples
“the rasp of her perpetual cough”
“to rasp wood to make it smooth; to rasp bones to powder”
“His insults rasped my temper.”
Meanings
noun
- 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.
- 3.The raspberry.
verb
- 1.To use a rasp.
- 2.To make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps.
- 3.To work something with a rasp.
- 4.To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language.
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