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Grammar : Verb
Spell : rasp, rahsp
Phonetic Transcription : ræsp, rɑsp



Definition of rasped

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 :
  • "As do all you mortals—who finally have to lie in them," he rasped.
  • Extract from : « Flamedown » by Horace Brown Fyfe
  • Its eyelids had rasped like stone curtains rubbing together.
  • Extract from : « The Planetoid of Peril » by Paul Ernst
  • He rasped the stubble on his chin; his eyes were bland, his voice smooth as cream.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • The sugar-beet is rasped or ground to a pulp and then subjected to great pressure.
  • Extract from : « Commercial Geography » by Jacques W. Redway
  • I've rasped every knuckle I've got and worn out the knees of my pants.
  • Extract from : « Jack and Jill » by Louisa May Alcott
  • He lifted her on his knee, and rasped her tongue with his handkerchief.
  • Extract from : « The Longest Journey » by E. M. Forster
  • These attempts were only too apparent to her and rasped her soul the more.
  • Extract from : « Jewel Weed » by Alice Ames Winter
  • "Don't try to get us to feel sorry for you," Bennett rasped.
  • Extract from : « Shaman » by Robert Shea
  • "They don't," rasped the little man, turning purple with rage.
  • Extract from : « The Green Mummy » by Fergus Hume
  • The edge of one end is rasped off to fit the opening made in the 4-inch pipe.
  • Extract from : « Elements of Plumbing » by Samuel Dibble

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