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# rasping

adjective; verb form (rasp, rasps, rasped, rasping)

«rasping» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Harsh, rough and scratchy in sound: «a rasping voice», «a rasping cough». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rasping/#m1)
2. (verb) Making a harsh, scraping sound, or rubbing with a rough tool: «rasping the wood smooth». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rasping/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories it describes rough voices of old men, villains, or someone ill; in science it describes sounds of friction; in design and technology a rasp is a rough file for wood. Phrases: «a rasping voice», «a rasping breath», «a rasping sound».

### Examples

- The old pirate spoke in a rasping voice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rasping/#x1)
- I could hear a rasping cough from the next room. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rasping/#x2)
- The door opened with a rasping creak. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rasping/#x3)
- The carpenter was rasping the edges of the wood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rasping/#x4)
- The cat's rough tongue made a rasping sound on my hand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rasping/#x5)
- After shouting at the match, his voice was rasping. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rasping/#x6)

### Note

Related: rasp (noun: a coarse file; verb: to scrape), raspy (informal adjective). Similar words: hoarse, croaky, grating. Rasping is not about raspberries.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «rasping» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rasping/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rasping» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rasping.html) on Mova free.