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# rasping

«rasping» in Mova's school dictionary: **Harsh, rough and scratchy in sound: «a rasping voice», «a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective; verb form (rasp, rasps, rasped, rasping)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Harsh, rough and scratchy in sound: «a rasping voice», «a rasping cough». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rasping/#m1)

2) (verb) Making a harsh, scraping sound, or rubbing with a rough tool: «rasping the wood smooth». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rasping/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it describes rough voices of old men, villains, or someone ill; in science it describes sounds of friction; in design and technology a rasp is a rough file for wood. Phrases: «a rasping voice», «a rasping breath», «a rasping sound».

### examples

- The old pirate spoke in a rasping voice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rasping/#x1)
- I could hear a rasping cough from the next room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rasping/#x2)
- The door opened with a rasping creak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rasping/#x3)
- The carpenter was rasping the edges of the wood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rasping/#x4)
- The cat's rough tongue made a rasping sound on my hand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rasping/#x5)
- After shouting at the match, his voice was rasping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rasping/#x6)

### note

Related: rasp (noun: a coarse file; verb: to scrape), raspy (informal adjective). Similar words: hoarse, croaky, grating. Rasping is not about raspberries.

### Trees and pragmatics

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