Definition of rasps:
(v) :
(intransitive) To use a rasp.
(n) :
A coarse file or filelike tool, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.
(n) :
The sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound.
(v) :
(intransitive) To make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps.
(v) :
To say in a raspy voice.
(v) :
(transitive) To work something with a rasp.