noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The woodworker used a rasp to roughly shape the leg of the table before using finer tools to smooth it. " utensil technical industry machine work Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound. Examples : "the rasp of her perpetual cough" sound utensil Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To use a rasp. Examples : "The carpenter rasped the rough edges of the wooden plank smooth. " action utensil Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps. Examples : "The old man rasped his thanks, his voice barely audible. " sound action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To work something with a rasp. Examples : "to rasp wood to make it smooth; to rasp bones to powder" work machine utensil Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language. Examples : "His insults rasped my temper." language action communication sound Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The raspberry. Examples : "My favorite summer treat is a bowl of fresh rasp with cream. " fruit Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading