Harp - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|hɑːrp|
Brit.
|hɑːp|
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
- a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade
- 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)
- a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade
- 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)
verb
- come back to (syn: dwell)
She is always harping on the same old things
- play the harpShe harped the Saint-Saens beautifully
Extra examples
I know you want to go to Paris. Don't keep harping about it!
She is always harping on the same old things
She harped the Saint-Saens beautifully
Aeolian harp
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: harp
he/she/it: harps
present participle: harping
past tense: harped
past participle: harped
I/you/we/they: harp
he/she/it: harps
present participle: harping
past tense: harped
past participle: harped
noun
singular: harp
plural: harps
singular: harp
plural: harps
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