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 →

2) A rasp is a coarse file, a tool for shaping wood or metal. tree →

3) (verb) To rasp is to say something in a rough, harsh voice, or to scrape with a rough tool. tree →

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 →
• We used a rasp to smooth the wooden edge. tree →
• His cough had a rasp to it. tree →
• The door rasped on the stone floor. tree →
• The cat's tongue feels rough like a rasp. tree →
• Her voice was a dry rasp after the cold. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «rasp» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.