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HARP
harmonica, mouth organ, harp, mouth harp
(noun) a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole
harp
(noun) a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
harp
(noun) a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade
harp, dwell
(verb) come back to; “Don’t dwell on the past”; “She is always harping on the same old things”
harp
(verb) play the harp; “She harped the Saint-Saens beautifully”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
harp (plural harps)
(musical instrument) A musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body
Any instrument of the same musicological type.
(colloquial) A harmonica.
(Scotland) A grain sieve.
Hyponyms
• aeolian harp
• angle harp
• angular harp
• arch harp
• autoharp
• bow harp
• claviharp
• electric harp
• frame harp
• French harp
• glass harp
• harp guitar
• harp of David
• King David's harp
• harpsichord
• Indian harp
• jaw harp
• Jew's harp
• Judaic harp
• juice harp
• mouth harp
• open harp
• pillar harp
• sacred harp
• triangular harp
• triple harp
• vibraharp
• wind harp
Verb
harp (third-person singular simple present harps, present participle harping, simple past and past participle harped)
(usually with on) To repeatedly mention a subject.
(transitive) To play on (a harp or similar instrument)
(transitive) To play (a tune) on the harp.
(transitive, archaic) To develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon.
Synonyms
• keep on about
• perseverate
Anagrams
• PHAR
Proper noun
Harp
An occupational surname for a player of the harp.
Anagrams
• PHAR
Source: Wiktionary
Harp, n. Etym: [OE. harpe, AS. hearpe; akin to D. harp, G.harfe, OHG. harpha, Dan. harpe, Icel. & Sw. harpa.]
1. A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held upright, and played with the fingers.
2. (Astron.)
Definition: A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre.
3. A grain sieve. [Scot.] Æolian harp. See under Æolian. Harp seal (Zoöl.), an arctic seal (Phoca Groenlandica). The adult males have a light-colored body, with a harp-shaped mark of black on each side, and the face and throat black. Called also saddler, and saddleback. The immature ones are called bluesides.
– Harp shell (Zoöl.), a beautiful marine gastropod shell of the genus Harpa, of several species, found in tropical seas. See Harpa.
Harp, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Harped p. pr. & vb. n. Harping.] Etym: [AS. hearpian. See Harp, n.]
1. To play on the harp. I heard the voice of harpers, harping with their harps. Rev. xiv. 2.
2. To dwell on or recur to a subject tediously or monotonously in speaking or in writing; to refer to something repeatedly or continually; -- usually with on or upon. "Harpings upon old themes." W. Irving. Harping on what I am, Not what he knew I was. Shak. To harp on one string, to dwell upon one subject with disagreeable or wearisome persistence. [Collog.]
Harp, v. t.
Definition: To play on, as a harp; to play (a tune) on the harp; to develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon. Thou 'harped my fear aright. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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