rasping : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: rasping	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for rasping
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rasping adj unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice" Synonym(s): grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy n uttering in an irritated tone Synonym(s): rasp, rasping
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rasp \Rasp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rasped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rasping}.] [OF. rasper, F. r[83]per, to scrape, grate, rasp, fr. OHG. rasp[omac]n to scrape together, to collect, probably akin to E. rap. Cf. {Rap} to snatch.] 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. 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.