rasp
To use a raspTo use a rasp.
» Tom never used to speak with a rasp.
Meaning
5 senses(intransitive)To use a rasp.
raspeln
обдира́тьobdirátʹ, тере́тьterétʹ, опи́ливатьopílivatʹ
scrape with a rasp
(intransitive)To make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps.
скрести́skrestí
To say in a raspy voice.
utter in a grating voice
(transitive)To work something with a rasp.
to rasp wood to make it smooth
to rasp bones to powder
(ambitransitive, figuratively)To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language.
Some sounds rasp the ear.
His insults rasped my temper.
Examples
4 sentencesTom never used to speak with a rasp.
Why doesn't Tom speak with a rasp anymore?
Tom spoke with his usual rasp, but something was off.
I noticed Tom was speaking with a rasp all of a sudden.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
Inherited from Middle English raspen (“to scratch, scrape”), borrowed from Old French raspInherited from Middle English raspen (“to scratch, scrape”), borrowed from Old French rasper (“to grate, scratch”), from Vulgar Latin *raspāre (“to scrape; to scratch”), borrowed from Frankish *hraspōn (“to rasp or grate”), from Proto-Germanic *hraspōną (same meaning, plus “to steal”), from *hrespaną (“to tear, rip; to plunder”).
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Forms
rasps, rasping, rasped, raspedWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle