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rasp

verb

/ræsp/

Meaning

to speak in a rough, harsh voice or to scrape with a coarse sound

He rasped out a warning before collapsing.

rasp someone's nerves

scrape, grate, croak, grind, irritate

soothe, calm, smooth

rasp out, rasp voice, rasp sound, rasp tool

To continually criticize, nag, or dominate (especially a husband).

to make something easier to understand or do

to be full of or swarming with

to settle or lie comfortably within or against something

to stick firmly to something or follow a belief or rule

to keep things in a place for future use; to save information