to scrape or abrade with a rough instrument.

to scrape or rub roughly

The glacier rasped the valley floor.

to grate upon or irritate

The sound rasped his nerves.

to utter with a grating sound

to rasp out an answer.

to scrape or grate.

to make a grating sound.

an act of rasping.

a rasping sound.

a coarse file, used mainly on wood, having separate conical teeth.

(in an insect) a roughened surface used in stridulation.

verb

abrade , bray , excoriate , file , grate , irk , irritate , jar , pound , raze , rub , sand , scour , scrape , scratch , vex , wear , abrasive , hoarseness , offend , wheeze