▸ noun: 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. ▸ noun: The sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound. ▸ verb: (intransitive) To use a rasp. ▸ verb: (intransitive) To make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps. ▸ verb: To say in a raspy voice. ▸ verb: (transitive) To work something with a rasp. ▸ verb: (ambitransitive, figurative) To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language. ▸ noun: (obsolete) The raspberry.
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