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harp (enc)

Harp

Noun1.harp - 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
aeolian harp, aeolian lyre, wind harp - a harp having strings tuned in unison; they sound when wind passes over them
chordophone - a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers
lyre - a harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment
2.harp - a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade
support - any device that bears the weight of another thing; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf"
3.harp - 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
free-reed instrument - a wind instrument with a free reed
Verb1.harp - come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things"
ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell - to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request"
2.harp - play the harp; "She harped the Saint-Saens beautifully"
music - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest"
play - perform music on (a musical instrument); "He plays the flute"; "Can you play on this old recorder?"

 

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