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rasping
(encz) | rasping,rašplování n: Zdeněk Brož |
rasping
(encz) | rasping,skřehotání n: Zdeněk Brož |
Rasping
(gcide) | Rasp \Rasp\ (r[.a]sp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rasped (r[.a]spt);
p. pr. & vb. n. Rasping.] [OF. rasper, F. r[^a]per, to
scrape, grate, rasp, fr. OHG. rasp[=o]n to scrape together,
to collect, probably akin to E. rap. Cf. Rap to snatch.]
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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.
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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.
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rasping
(wn) | rasping
adj 1: unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly
voice" [syn: grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy,
rough, scratchy]
n 1: uttering in an irritated tone [syn: rasp, rasping] |
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grasping
(encz) | grasping,uchopení n: Zdeněk Brož |
graspingly
(encz) | graspingly, |
raspingly
(encz) | raspingly, adv: |
Engrasping
(gcide) | Engrasp \En*grasp"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engrasped; p. pr. &
vb. n. Engrasping.]
To grasp; to grip. [R.] --Spenser.
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Grasping
(gcide) | Grasping \Grasp"ing\, a.
1. Seizing; embracing; catching.
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2. Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as,
he is a grasping man. -- Grasp"ing*ly, adv. --
Grasp"ing*ness, n.
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Graspingly
(gcide) | Grasping \Grasp"ing\, a.
1. Seizing; embracing; catching.
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2. Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as,
he is a grasping man. -- Grasp"ing*ly, adv. --
Grasp"ing*ness, n.
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Graspingness
(gcide) | Grasping \Grasp"ing\, a.
1. Seizing; embracing; catching.
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2. Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as,
he is a grasping man. -- Grasp"ing*ly, adv. --
Grasp"ing*ness, n.
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Rasping
(gcide) | Rasp \Rasp\ (r[.a]sp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rasped (r[.a]spt);
p. pr. & vb. n. Rasping.] [OF. rasper, F. r[^a]per, to
scrape, grate, rasp, fr. OHG. rasp[=o]n to scrape together,
to collect, probably akin to E. rap. Cf. Rap to snatch.]
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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.
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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.
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grasping
(wn) | grasping
adj 1: immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are
avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting
covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old
miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and
power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers
stingy with raises for their employees" [syn:
avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy,
prehensile]
n 1: understanding with difficulty; "the lecture was beyond his
most strenuous graspings"
2: the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the
tentacles) [syn: grasping, taking hold, seizing,
prehension] |
raspingly
(wn) | raspingly
adv 1: in a harsh and grating manner; "her voice fell gratingly
on our ears" [syn: gratingly, raspingly, harshly] |
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