I. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I heard John's voice rasping in the other room.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He lowered his head into his hands, fingers rasping whiskers.
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Many gastropods are grazers: they use their radula to rasp away at algae.
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She touched one of the trees, and the grey bark was deeply grooved, rasping her fingers.
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Sycorax would not reply except to rasp her curses.
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Then I heard a voice rasping in my head.
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This can be rasped down effectively to give no further problems.
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We went up to the ward, by which time he was making very odd, rasping sounds as he breathed.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Roger lowered his voice to a rasp .
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the rasp of a rake on dead leaves
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Aeroplanes resound to the deafening rasp of anorak pen-pockets when passengers are told to fill in their landing cards.
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Except for the rasp of the crickets, it was very quiet.
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He answers in a high-pitched rasp that makes it sound as if his voice will fail him next.
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Surforms come in a range of styles, including flat rasps, planer-files, round files and block planes.
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The rasp of his fingers was distinct in the stillness.
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The bone of his jaw, the rasp of his beard, sent another great shiver through her.
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The coughing, the rustling of the newspapers, the rasp of coat buttons on table or chair exasperated his brooding.
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There was something in his voice, a little rasp of feeling, that touched me.