harp > define

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.
  • synonyms: harmonica, mouth organ, mouth harp

verb

• Come back to.
  • usage: "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things"
  • synonyms: dwell
• Play the harp.
  • usage: "She harped the Saint-Saens beautifully"

• (n.) To play on the harp.
• (n.) A grain sieve.
• (n.) 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.
• (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.
• (n.) A constellation; Lyra or the Lyre.
• (n.) A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held upright, and played with the fingers.