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rasp
[rasp, rahsp]
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to scrape or abrade with a rough instrument. |
| 2. | to scrape or rub roughly: The glacier rasped the valley floor. |
| 3. | to grate upon or irritate: The sound rasped his nerves. |
| 4. | to utter with a grating sound: to rasp out an answer. |
–verb (used without object)
| 5. | to scrape or grate. |
| 6. | to make a grating sound. |
–noun
| 7. | an act of rasping. |
| 8. | a rasping sound. |
| 9. | a coarse file, used mainly on wood, having separate conical teeth. |
| 10. | (in an insect) a roughened surface used in stridulation. |
Related forms:
raspish, adjective
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Rasp
Rasp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rasped; p. pr. & vb. n. Rasping.] [OF. rasper, F. r[^a]per, to scrape, grate, rasp, fr. OHG. rasp[=o]n 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
Rasp\, n. [OE. raspe, OF. raspe, F. r[^a]pe. 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 a["e]rial 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.
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Language Translation for : rasp
Spanish:
pan rallado,
German:
das Brotkrümel, das Paniermehl,
Japanese:
パン粉
rasp
c.1300, "to scrape," from M.Du. raspen, O.Fr. rasper "to grate, rasp," from a W.Gmc. source (cf. O.E. gehrespan) akin to the root of raffle (q.v.). Vocalic sense is from 1843. The noun meaning "coarse file" is from 1541, from M.Fr. raspe, from O.Fr. rasper "to rasp."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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RASP language
["RASP - A Language with Operations on Fuzzy Sets", D.D. Djakovic, Comp Langs 13(3):143-148 (1988)].
(1995-05-10)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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