rasping
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Rasp \Rasp\ (r[.a]sp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rasped} (r[.a]spt);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Rasping}.] [OF. rasper, F. r[^a]per, to
scrape, grate, rasp, fr. OHG. rasp[=o]n to scrape together,
to collect, probably akin to E. rap. Cf. {Rap} to snatch.]
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1. To rub or file with a rasp; to rub or grate with a rough
file; as, to rasp wood to make it smooth; to rasp bones to
powder.
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2. Hence, figuratively: To grate harshly upon; to offend by
coarse or rough treatment or language; as, some sounds
rasp the ear; his insults rasped my temper.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
119 Moby Thesaurus words for "rasping":
ablation, ablative, abradant, abrasion, abrasive, air pollution,
attrition, attritive, attritus, bones, bran, buffing, burnishing,
chafe, chaff, chafing, cosmic dust, crumb, crumble, culm, deadwood,
detrition, dishwater, draff, dregs, dressing, dry, dust, dust ball,
efflorescence, erasure, erosion, erosive, fallout, farina, filing,
filings, flour, fretting, galling, garbage, gash, gnawing, grating,
grazing, grinding, grits, groats, hoarse, hogwash, husks, irritant,
irritating, irritative, jangling, jangly, jarring, kittens,
leavings, lees, limation, lint, meal, offal, offscourings, orts,
parings, polishing, potsherds, powder, pussies, rags, raspings,
raspy, raucous, refuse, rough, rubbing away, rugged, sandblasting,
sanding, sawdust, scouring, scourings, scrap iron, scrape,
scraping, scraps, scrapy, scratch, scratching, scratchy, scrub,
scrubbing, scuff, scum, shards, shavings, shining, slack, slag,
slop, slops, smoothing, smut, soot, stinging, stridulous, stubble,
sweepings, swill, tares, wastage, waste, waste matter, wastepaper,
wear, wearing away, weeds
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