noun. A coarse file with sharp, pointed projections.

noun. The act of filing with a rasp.

noun. A harsh grating sound.

intransitive verb. To file or scrape with a rasp.

intransitive verb. To utter in a grating voice.

intransitive verb. To grate on (nerves or feelings).

intransitive verb. To scrape harshly; grate.

intransitive verb. To make a harsh, grating sound.

noun. The fruit of the common (European) raspberry. See raspberry.

To abrade by rubbing or grating with a coarsely rough instrument; grate, or grate away, with a rasp or something comparable to it.

Figuratively, to affect or perform harshly, as if by the use of a rasp; grate upon; utter with a rough and jarring effect: as, to rasp one's feelings; to rasp out a refusal.

To rub against something gratingly; produce a rasping effect: as, the vessel rasped against the quay: literally or figuratively.

To belch; eject wind from the stomach.

noun. A coarse form of file, having its surface dotted with separate protruding teeth, formed by the indentations of a pointed punch.

noun. A machine or large instrument for use in rasping; a rasper.

noun. The radula or odontophore of a mollusk; the lingual ribbon. See cut under radula.

noun. A rasping surface.

noun. The rough surface of the tongue of some animals.

transitive verb. To rub or file with a rasp; to rub or grate with a rough file

transitive verb. Hence, figuratively: To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language

noun. 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.

noun. The raspberry.

noun. a Brazilian palm tree (Iriartea exorhiza) which has strong aërial 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.

noun. 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.

noun. The sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound.

noun. The raspberry.

verb. To use a rasp

verb. To make a noise similar to the one a rasp in use makes; to utter rasps

verb. To work something with a rasp

verb. utter in a grating voice

verb. scrape with a rasp

noun. a coarse file with sharp pointed projections

noun. uttering in an irritated tone

"Batman's rasp is more a character thing to conceal his identity."

rasped  rasping  

abrade  abrase  corrade  file  mouth  

agasp  asp  clasp  gasp  grasp  

anguished  audible  croak  gasp  growl  

ablate  abrade  abrase  afflict  agonize  

rasped  rasping  rasps