RASP

rasp, wood file

(noun) a coarse file with sharp pointed projections

rasp, rasping

(noun) uttering in an irritated tone

rasp

(verb) utter in a grating voice

rasp

(verb) scrape with a rasp

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

rasp (plural 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.

The sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound.

Hypernyms

• file

Verb

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

(intransitive) To use a rasp.

(intransitive) To make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps.

(transitive) To work something with a rasp.

(ambitransitive, figurative) To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language.

Etymology 2

From raspberry.

Noun

rasp (plural rasps)

(obsolete) The raspberry.

Hypernyms

• berry

Anagrams

• APRs, Arps, PSRA, RAPs, arps, pars, raps, sapr-, spar

Source: Wiktionary

Rasp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rasped; p. pr. & vb. n. Rasping.] Etym: [OF. rasper, F. râper, to scrape, grate, rasp, fr. OHG. raspon 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, n. Etym: [OE. raspe, OF. raspe, F. râpe. See Rasp, v.]

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 smaller." Bacon. 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition