rasp

Significado (English)

Noun

1. 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.
2. The sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound.

Verb

1. To use a rasp.
2. To make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps.
3. To say in a raspy voice.
4. To work something with a rasp.
5. To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language.

Synonyms

file

grater

grate

scrape

wood file

rasp file

rub

rasping

croak

abrade

eraser

filch

graze

gurgle

rubber

scraper

grating sound

groan

annoying

jaw

rake

rasper

creak

rattle

rhonchus

cough

wood rasp

saw

🪚

scour

claw

rasp-cut file

scratch

sneeze

squeak

t

t

tool

ululate

wash

🧽

wheeze

cut file

rasping sound

brush

rasping file

file something smooth

grader

float

croaking

coarse file

grind

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɹæsp/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from inglês médio: raspen

Cognate with alemão arcaico alto: raspōn

Cognate with inglês arcaico: ġehrespan

In summary

From Middle English raspen, from Old French rasper, from Frankish *hraspōn, from Proto-Germanic *hraspōną, related to Proto-Germanic *hrespaną (“to tear”). Compare Old High German raspōn (“to gather, rake”), Old English ġehrespan (“to tear”).
The noun is from Middle French raspe.