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harp

/ harp /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 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
Type of:
chordophone
Kinds of:
aeolian harp aeolian lyre wind harp lyre
noun Sense 2
a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade
Type of:
support
verb Sense 3
come back to
"Don''t dwell on the past"
"She is always harping on the same old things"
Type of:
repeat reiterate ingeminate
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 4
play the harp
"She harped the Saint-Saens beautifully"
Type of:
play
Derived:
harmonica mouth organ mouth harp harpist harper
Entails:
pluck tweak pull off
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Domain:
music
noun Sense 5
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
Type of:
free-reed instrument
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
19
Times Searched
19
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Related Words

chordophone aeolian harp aeolian lyre wind harp lyre support repeat reiterate ingeminate play free-reed instrument