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   Rasp

   /rasp/

   

   noun

   • 1. a harsh, grating noise: "the rasp of the engine"
   • 2. a coarse file or similar metal tool with a roughened surface for scraping, filing, or rubbing down objects of metal, wood, or other hard material.

   verb

   • 1. make a harsh, grating noise: "my breath rasped in my throat"
   • ▪ say in a harsh, grating voice: "“Stay where you are!” he rasped" Similar croaksay/utter hoarselysquawkshrillcaw
   • 2. scrape (something) with a rasp in order to make it smoother: "the horse has to be sedated for its teeth to be rasped" Similar scrapefilerubabradegratesandsandpaperscratchscourtechnical:excoriate
   • ▪ (of a rough surface or object) scrape (something, especially someone's skin) in a painful or unpleasant way: "the bark was deeply grooved, rasping her fingers"
   • ▪ remove something by scraping it off: "more enamel is rasped off the upper outside edges of the teeth"

   Word Origin Middle English (as a verb): from Old French rasper, perhaps of Germanic origin.

   Scrabble Points: 6

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