Meaning & use
Rasped
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Made a harsh, grating sound, or spoke in a rough, harsh voice; also, scraped a surface with a coarse file.
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"Get out," he rasped, his throat raw from shouting.
The carpenter rasped the edge of the board smooth.
A note on using this word
The noun 'rasp' refers to a coarse file, and the verb captures both the physical scraping action and the harsh vocal quality it resembles.
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