harp
IPA: hˈɑrp
noun
- (music) 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.
- The component of a lamp to which one attaches the lampshade, consisting of a lightweight frame that usually surrounds the bulb with an attachment at the top for the finial.
- A surname originating as an occupation for a player of the harp.
- Short for harp seal. [One of species Pagophilus groenlandicus, a true seal (or earless seal) found in the northernmost Atlantic Ocean and adjacent parts of the Arctic Ocean.]
verb
- (derogatory, usually with on) To repeatedly mention a subject, especially so as to nag or complain.
- (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.
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Examples of "harp" in Sentences
- She plays the harp.
- She plays the harp and the piano.
- The song is harmonizing well with harps.
- He is the brute half of the Harp brothers duo.
- Are the harp and piano part of the string section
- The word arpeggio is a derivative of the word harp.
- It is one of the masterpieces of the harp repertory.
- The cover bears the harp, the national symbol of Ireland.
- But is the frame of a harp synonymous with the soundboard
- The poetry was very often sung to the accompaniment of the harp.
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