Third-person singular simple present indicative form of par.
raps
raps
noun
plural of rap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rap
rasp
rasp
noun
(obsolete) The raspberry.
A coarse file, 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.
The sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound.
verb
(intransitive) To make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps.
(intransitive) To use a rasp.
(transitive) To work something with a rasp.
(transitive, intransitive, figurative) To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language.
To say in a raspy voice.
spar
spar
noun
(aeronautics) A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil.
(mineralogy) Any crystal with readily discernible faces.
(mineralogy) Any of various microcrystalline minerals, of light, translucent, or transparent appearance, which are easily cleft.
(nautical) Any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff.
(obsolete) A bar of wood used to fasten a door.
A rafter of a roof.
A sparring session; a preliminary fight, as in boxing or cock-fighting.
A thick pole or piece of wood.
verb
(obsolete or dialectal) To bolt, bar.
(transitive) To supply or equip (a vessel) with spars.
To contest in words; to wrangle.
To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat.
