Rasp

  • 51rasp — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. scrape, file, grate; chafe, nag, worry, abrade. See friction. n. file, scraper, rasper, abrasive; hoarseness, huskiness. See roughness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. grate, irritate, scratch; see rub 1 .… …

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  • 52rasp — ræsp /rɑːsp n. file, flat tool with an abrasive surface; act of scraping, act of scouring, abrasion v. scrape, abrade, scour …

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  • 53rasp — raps …

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  • 54rasp v — What are these berries? Tom rasped …

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  • 55rasp —    A coarse and abrasive tool made of metal (usually steel). The abrasive surface has many pointed teeth shaped like tiny pyramids, and typically the surrounding surface is perforated so that dust doesn t clog it. Rasps are used in shaping and… …

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  • 56rasp — I. n. Coarse file (the prominences in which are made by a punch and not by a chisel, as are those of the file, properly so called). II. v. a. Grate harshly upon, offend …

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  • 57rasp — verb 1) tartar is rasped off the teeth Syn: scrape, rub, abrade, grate, grind, sand, file, scratch, scour; Medicine excoriate 2) Help! he rasped Syn: croak, squawk, caw …

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  • 58rasp — v 1. scrape, scratch, excoriate, abrade, rub, scour, scrub; grate, shred, file, whet, sand, sandpaper, pumice; grind, mortar, levigate, triturate. 2. irritate, aggravate, exasperate, exacerbate, rub the wrong way; annoy, vex, irk, peeve, gall,… …

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  • 59rasp — [rɑːsp] verb [I/T] to make an unpleasant sound as if two rough surfaces were rubbing together …

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  • 60rasp —   Hole, apuapu, walu, uwalu, waluhia, waluwalu, wa u, uwa u, wa uwa u, wawalu; i i (sound in chanting) …

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