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Rasp v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rasped p. pr. & vb. n. Rasping.]
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.
rasping
adj : unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"
[syn: grating, gravel, gravelly, raspy, rough]
n : uttering in an irritated tone [syn: rasp]