Antonyms for rasp

Grammar : Verb

Spell : rasp, rahsp

Phonetic Transcription : ræsp, rɑsp

Definition of rasp

Origin : mid-13c., "to scrape," from Middle Dutch raspen and from Old French rasper (Modern French râper) "to grate, rasp," which is perhaps from a West Germanic source (cf. Old English gehrespan) akin to the root of raffle. Vocalic sense is from 1843. Related: Rasped; rasping.

verb grind, rub

Example sentences :

I'll bet money she done it just t' rasp his feelin's—and she sure succeeded.
Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower

But why rasp your nerves and spoil your digestion by so fuming over their politics?
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

Again she heard the rasp of his metallic voice with its brisk derision.
Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini

Instantly, with a rasp of thunder, it was gone, and the air was stifling.
Extract from : « The Affair of the Brains » by Anthony Gilmore

We use the lightest shoe, truly fitted with the rasp, not burned on.
Extract from : « Rational Horse-Shoeing » by John E. Russell

His throat was like sandpaper and the words came out in a rasp.
Extract from : « The Dark Door » by Alan Edward Nourse

The rasp of the hand-saw informed him that he had been obeyed.
Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day

Chance for me to rasp him, hey, by wishing you onto the family?
Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day

But neither Gregory nor Dickie Lang heard the rasp of the starting mechanism.
Extract from : « El Diablo » by Brayton Norton

You play like an angel on that mouth harp of yores, Sam, but you talk like a rasp.
Extract from : « Rimrock Trail » by J. Allan Dunn

Synonyms for rasp

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