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Meanings of rasp in anglès

portuguès
grosa
espanyol
tono áspero

Uttering in an irritated tone.

        grosa

        A coarse file with sharp pointed projections.

              Synonyms
              Examples for "rasping"
              Examples for "rasping"
              1
              It was the Chancellor who spoke first, in his high rasping creak.
              The Black Douglas
              2
              It was an unpleasant rasping noise that grew stronger minute by minute.
              The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
              3
              Montgomery looked up, for the voice was a loud and rasping one.
              The Green Flag, and Other Stories of War and Sport
              4
              Another actor had had a tracheotomy and spoke in a rasping growl.
              The Irish Times
              5
              His finger passed over the shaded skin with a disagreeable, rasping sound.
              The Slave of the Lamp
              Usage of rasp in anglès
              1
              The rasp of the hand-saw informed him that he had been obeyed.
              Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast
              2
              It is time we finish this. His voice was a dry rasp.
              Mob rules
              3
              I heard the rasp of sheeting being pulled off the machines below.
              The Asylum
              4
              He pulled it down and heard the rasp of metal somewhere underfoot.
              Casket of Souls
              5
              Gripp looked up and his voice was a rasp, 'Who is that?
              Forge of Darkness
              6
              Now with draw shave and rasp work the edges off both Nos.
              Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit / A Guide for Those Who W...
              7
              The rasp in his voice brought her gaze to his tight expression.
              When darkness comes
              8
              It shuddered open with a squeal and a rasp of unoiled hinges.
              Phantoms
              9
              Told him there was a reason. Her voice was an aching rasp.
              The wandering fire
              10
              In the kitchen he heard a zipper-rasp as she opened her parka.
              Misery
              11
              He made a rasp like a saw and dropped to his knees.
              Street magic
              12
              Jett laughs, the rasp in her voice heavy with passion and grit.
              The Guardian
              13
              Air seemed to rasp over his skin, every molecule a saw tooth.
              The Neutronium Alchemist
              14
              Its voice was a gravely rasp, a low, pulsing rumble of sound.
              Once bitten, twice dead
              15
              The last rasp of a jay's scold jangled out from the trees.
              The Freebooters of the Wilderness
              16
              There was even a rasp in his throat he found quite attractive.
              Rogues
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              Translations for rasp
              portuguès
              grosa
              espanyol
              tono áspero
              Rasp through the time
              Rasp across language varieties
              United States of America
              Common
              United Kingdom
              Common