rasp — raspish, adj. /rasp, rahsp/, v.t. 1. to scrape or abrade with a rough instrument. 2. to scrape or rub roughly: The glacier rasped the valley floor. 3. to grate upon or irritate: The sound rasped his nerves. 4. to utter with a grating sound: to… … Universalium
rasp — [[t]ræsp, rɑsp[/t]] v. t. 1) to scrape or abrade with or as if with a rough instrument 2) to grate upon or irritate: The sound rasped his nerves[/ex] 3) to utter with a grating sound: to rasp out an order[/ex] 4) to scrape or grate 5) to make a… … From formal English to slang
Rasp — /rasp/ (say rahsp) noun Charles, 1846–1907, Australian miner, born in Germany; discoverer of silver at Broken Hill, NSW, in 1883 and one of the original shareholders in BHP. Charles Rasp came to Melbourne from Germany in 1869 owing to ill health …
Rasp — For the RASP computing model, see Random access stored program machine. Wood rasp … Wikipedia
rasp — Synonyms and related words: ablate, abrade, abrase, afflict, agonize, ail, annoy, bark, belch, bite, blare, blat, bray, burn, burr, buzz, cackle, caw, chafe, chirr, clang, clangor, clank, clash, convulse, craunch, croak, crucify, crump, crunch,… … Moby Thesaurus
rasp·ber·ry — /ˈræzˌberi, Brit ˈrɑːzbri/ noun, pl ries [count] 1 : a soft, red berry that is sweet and juicy ice cream with raspberries raspberry jam 2 informal : a rude sound made by pushing your tongue outside your lips an … Useful english dictionary
Charles Rasp — (7 October 1846 – 22 May 1907) is known as the first person to identify the economic potential of the ore deposits at Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. He was born at Stuttgart, Duchy of Württemberg, where he was educated and he was… … Wikipedia
rub out — Synonyms and related words: abbreviate, ablate, abrade, abrase, abridge, annihilate, assassinate, bark, blast, blot, blot out, blue pencil, bowdlerize, bump off, cancel, censor, chafe, cool, croak, cross out, cut, decimate, dele, delete, demolish … Moby Thesaurus
Teredinidae — noun shipworms • Syn: ↑family Teredinidae • Hypernyms: ↑mollusk family • Member Holonyms: ↑Bivalvia, ↑class Bivalvia, ↑Lamellibranchia, ↑class Lamellibranchia … Useful english dictionary
raspberry — rasp|ber|ry [ˈra:zbəri US ˈræzberi] n plural raspberries [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: rasp raspberry (16 20 centuries) + berry;] [Sense: 2; Origin: raspberry tart = fart] 1.) a soft sweet red berry, or the bush that this berry grows on ▪ a bowl of… … Dictionary of contemporary English
raspberry — rasp|ber|ry [ ræz,beri ] noun count 1. ) a small soft red fruit that grows on a bush: raspberry jam 2. ) INFORMAL a rude noise made by putting your tongue out and blowing: BRONX CHEER … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English