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# rasp

«rasp» in Mova's school dictionary: **a rough harsh sound, like a scraping voice** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a rasp, rasps); verb (rasp, rasps, rasped, rasping)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A rasp is a rough harsh sound, like a scraping voice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rasp/#m1)

2) A rasp is a coarse file, a tool for shaping wood or metal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rasp/#m2)

3) (verb) To rasp is to say something in a rough, harsh voice, or to scrape with a rough tool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rasp/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it describes a rough voice or sound («a rasping voice»); in design and technology lessons it is a tool. Phrases: a rasping voice, rasp the wood.

### examples

- «Who's there?» rasped the old man. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rasp/#x1)
- We used a rasp to smooth the wooden edge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rasp/#x2)
- His cough had a rasp to it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rasp/#x3)
- The door rasped on the stone floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rasp/#x4)
- The cat's tongue feels rough like a rasp. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rasp/#x5)
- Her voice was a dry rasp after the cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rasp/#x6)

### note

Rhymes with «grasp». Past: rasped. Do not confuse with «raspberry».

### In the corpora

- [A giant snail rasps through cucumber with a tongue of thousands of tiny teeth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/330-unusual-pets-stick-insects-giant-snails-ant-farms-and-hermit-crabs/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rasp» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rasp/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.