rasp

Object

• vocal: Magical riff at breakneck speed with Stiv's trademark rasping sneering vocals overlaid on top.
• algae: Limpets scrape out a living by rasping almost invisible algae off bare looking rock.

Converse of object

• use: This can, to some extent be corrected using a rasp to remove any extra bone, or with extra cement to fill gaps.
• make: And it makes a lovely throaty rasp under acceleration and a staccato backfire when you lift off the throttle.
• have: The singer had this rasp that sounded like he laid down the vocal track after three hours of screaming at a hockey match.
• feel: He rubs his chin with the back of his hand, feeling the rasp of his white bristles.

Adjective modifier

• throaty: And it makes a lovely throaty rasp under acceleration and a staccato backfire when you lift off the throttle.
• rectal: Methane, Mr Macclesfield's own super hero who can supply tuneful rectal rasps at will.
• rotary: I suspect the maker had used a rotary rasp to do this.
• faint: A faint rasp of steel on leather came from Bukama doing the same.

Modifying Another Word

away: When they're young and tender they're vulnerable to slugs and snails which rasp away at the stem until the whole plant shrivels.

Followed by an intransitive particle

down: These cheek teeth are difficult to see and your pet may have to be anesthetized for these teeth to be rasped down.