Found 2 items, similar to HARP.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: harp
harp
n 1: 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
2: a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade
3: 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 [syn:
harmonica,
mouth organ,
mouth harp
]
harp
v 1: come back to;
“Don't dwell on the past”;
“She is always
harping on the same old things” [syn:
dwell]
2: play the harp;
“She harped the Saint-Saens beautifully”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Harp
Harp
\Harp\ (h[aum]rp), n. [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.
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2. (Astron.) A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre.
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3. A grain sieve. [Scot.]
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[AE]olian harp. See under
[AE]olian.
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Harp seal (Zo["o]l.), an arctic seal (
Phoca Gr[oe]nlandica
). 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;
their fur is white, and they are killed and skinned to
harvest the fur.
Harp shell (Zo["o]l.), a beautiful marine gastropod shell
of the genus
Harpa, of several species, found in
tropical seas. See
Harpa.
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Harp
\Harp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Harped (h[aum]rpt) p. pr. &
vb. n.
Harping.] [AS. hearpian. See
Harp, n.]
1. To play on the harp.
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I heard the voice of harpers, harping with their
harps. --Rev. xiv. 2.
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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.
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Harping on what I am,
Not what he knew I was. --Shak.
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To harp on one string, to dwell upon one subject with
disagreeable or wearisome persistence. [Colloq.]
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Harp
\Harp\, v. t.
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.
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Thou 'st harped my fear aright. --Shak.
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