rasped 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of raspednext
as in scraped

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rasped

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verb

past tense of rasp
1
as in rubbed
to make smooth by friction after sawing the board in half, rasp the ends to remove any splinters

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2
as in scratched
to pass roughly and noisily over or against a surface the sound of fingernails rasping on the blackboard makes me cringe

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3
as in annoyed
to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts the two siblings seemed intent on rasping each other for the entire car trip

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4
as in eroded
to damage or diminish by continued friction during the last ice age, glaciers rasped the surface, leaving the deeply scarred rock

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rasped
  1. scratched
  2. annoyed
  3. eroded
  4. scraped
  5. ground
  6. bothered
  7. scrubbed
Verb
  • While the Pistons already had listed starting small forward Tobias Harris out with a sprained right thumb, Jaden Ivey, who had been listed as the starting shooting guard, was scratched just prior to tipoff with knee pain.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 17 Dec. 2024
  • This kid came up through covid, has had 3 head coaches already, and has been healthy scratched by them all, including in the playoffs.
    Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of scratched
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  • Initially annoyed by his bubbly personality, Jovie eventually warms up to Buddy, and the pair fall in love.
    Skyler Caruso, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Leanna Lenee, the fiancée of Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter, is setting the record straight after social media users accused her of being annoyed at him for taking pictures with fans.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of annoyed
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  • The host and journalist Garrett Graff, himself a gun owner, contextualizes the past quarter century of mass shootings by laying out the political and legislative maneuvers that have eroded gun-control laws over the previous 50 years.
    Marnie Shure, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Currents flowing over an area that was eroded long ago by a glacier sweep sediment away, keeping the ancient terrain visible.
    Ashley Balzer Vigil, Ars Technica, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of eroded
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  • Some artists and publishers are unhappy with the way their content is being scraped freely by companies like OpenAI and Google to train their large language models — AI models trained on huge quantities of data to generate humanlike responses.
    Ryan Browne, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Most of the posters had been scraped away by Wednesday, though remnants of them remained.
    Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of scraped
Verb
  • Even with the absurdity multiverse stories can lead to, there still needs to be something to ground it, even in a video game.
    Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2024
  • American Airlines flights were briefly grounded Tuesday morning due to a technical issue, but the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the ground stop was lifted by about 8 a.m. EST.
    Tara Suter, The Hill, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of ground
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  • The technology behind an LLM is sufficiently advanced because the people using it have not bothered to understand it.
    Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 23 Dec. 2024
  • In fact, if you can’t be bothered even to reach for the remote to select this new button, the latest firmware update will also automatically start playing the next episode after a countdown.
    John Archer, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of bothered
Adjective
  • But ground teams detected the helium leak in Starliner's service module in the aftermath of the scrubbed countdown.
    Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 25 May 2024
  • There were no young girls floating by in elegant dresses, no scrubbed and spoiled children dressed in their finery and dragged toward churches and pagodas, no whisper of music drifting out of windows.
    Chantha Nguon, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2024
Definition of scrubbed
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