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harp
 harpharp H0069200 (härp)n.1. Music a. An instrument having an upright triangular frame consisting of a pillar, a curved neck, and a hollow back containing the sounding board, with usually 46 or 47 strings of graded lengths that are played by plucking with the fingers.b. Any of various ancient and modern instruments of similar or U-shaped design.c. Informal A harmonica.2. Something, such as a pair of vertical supports for a lampshade, that resembles a harp.intr.v. harped, harp·ing, harps To play a harp.Phrasal Verb: harp on To talk or write about to an excessive and tedious degree; dwell on.
[Middle English, from Old English hearpe and from Old French harpe, of Germanic origin.]
harp′er n.harp′ist n.harp (hɑːp) n1. (Instruments) a large triangular plucked stringed instrument consisting of a soundboard connected to an upright pillar by means of a curved crossbar from which the strings extend downwards. The strings are tuned diatonically and may be raised in pitch either one or two semitones by the use of pedals (double-action harp). Basic key: B major; range: nearly seven octaves2. something resembling this, esp in shape3. (Instruments) an informal name (esp in pop music) for harmonicavb4. (Instruments) (intr) to play the harp5. (tr) archaic to speak; utter; express6. (intr; foll by on or upon) to speak or write in a persistent and tedious manner[Old English hearpe; related to Old Norse harpa, Old High German harfa, Latin corbis basket, Russian korobit to warp] ˈharper, ˈharpist nharp (hɑrp)
n. 1. a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers. 2. a harp-shaped implement or device. 3. a vertical metal frame shaped to bend around the bulb in a standing lamp and used to support a lamp shade. v.i. 4. to play on a harp. 5. harp on or upon, to repeat interminably and tediously. [before 900; Middle English harpe, Old English hearpe, c. Old Saxon, Old Norse harpa, Old High German harfa] harp′er, n. harp
Past participle: harped
Gerund: harping
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| I harp | | you harp | | he/she/it harps | | we harp | | you harp | | they harp |
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| I harped | | you harped | | he/she/it harped | | we harped | | you harped | | they harped |
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| I am harping | | you are harping | | he/she/it is harping | | we are harping | | you are harping | | they are harping |
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| I have harped | | you have harped | | he/she/it has harped | | we have harped | | you have harped | | they have harped |
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| I was harping | | you were harping | | he/she/it was harping | | we were harping | | you were harping | | they were harping |
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| I had harped | | you had harped | | he/she/it had harped | | we had harped | | you had harped | | they had harped |
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| I will harp | | you will harp | | he/she/it will harp | | we will harp | | you will harp | | they will harp |
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| I will have harped | | you will have harped | | he/she/it will have harped | | we will have harped | | you will have harped | | they will have harped |
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| I will be harping | | you will be harping | | he/she/it will be harping | | we will be harping | | you will be harping | | they will be harping |
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| I have been harping | | you have been harping | | he/she/it has been harping | | we have been harping | | you have been harping | | they have been harping |
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| I will have been harping | | you will have been harping | | he/she/it will have been harping | | we will have been harping | | you will have been harping | | they will have been harping |
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| I had been harping | | you had been harping | | he/she/it had been harping | | we had been harping | | you had been harping | | they had been harping |
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| I would harp | | you would harp | | he/she/it would harp | | we would harp | | you would harp | | they would harp |
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| I would have harped | | you would have harped | | he/she/it would have harped | | we would have harped | | you would have harped | | they would have harped |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  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 fingersaeolian harp, aeolian lyre, wind harp - a harp having strings tuned in unison; they sound when wind passes over themchordophone - a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zitherslyre - a harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment | | 2. | harp - a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshadesupport - 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 holeharmonica, mouth harp, mouth organfree-reed instrument - a wind instrument with a free reed | | Verb | 1. | harp - come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things"dwellingeminate, 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?" |
Translationsharp (haːp) noun a usually large musical instrument which is held upright, and which has many strings which are plucked with the fingers. 豎琴 竖琴ˈharpist noun 豎琴演奏者 竖琴师harp on (about) to keep on talking about. He's forever harping on (about his low wages); She keeps harping on his faults. 不斷地提到 唠叨地反复讲，喋喋不休 harp
harp on one stringTo dwell tediously and repeatedly upon a single subject or topic, especially in complaint. Likened to playing the same note over and over again on a harp. Mark is always harping on one string about how little money he makes. I wish he would come up with something new to talk about! I get it, you don't like your job. Quit harping on one string!See also: harp, on, one, stringharp on the same stringTo dwell tediously and repeatedly upon a single subject or topic, especially in complaint. Likened to playing the same note over and over again on a harp. Mark is always harping on the same string about how little money he makes. I wish he would come up with something new to talk about! I get it, you don't like your job. Quit harping on the same string!See also: harp, on, same, stringharp away at (someone or something)To complain about or dwell upon someone or something repeatedly and to the point of tediousness. Mark is always harping away at how little money he makes. I wish he would come up with something new to talk about! You need to stop harping away at your boss and just quit already!See also: away, harpharp on (someone or something)To persistently and annoyingly discuss or mention something. It was one mistake—why do you keep harping on it?See also: harp, onharp on someone or somethingFig. to keep talking or complaining about someone or something; to refer to someone or something again and again. I wish you would quit harping on Jeff all the time. He couldn't be all that bad. Stop harping on my mistakes and work on your own.See also: harp, onkeep harping on somethingto continue to talk or complain about something; to keep raising a topic of conversation. (See also something">harp on something.) Why do you keep harping on the same old complaint? You keep harping on my problems and ignore your own!See also: harp, keep, onharp onDwell on; talk or write about to a tedious and excessive extent. For example, She kept harping on the fact that she had no household help at all. This expression is a shortening of harp on the same string, meaning "to play the same note over and over." It was first recorded in 1518. See also: harp, onharp on the same string dwell tediously on one subject.See also: harp, on, same, stringharp onv. To talk about something to an excessive and tedious degree; dwell on something: Every day my teacher harps on the importance of getting to class on time.See also: harp, onharp
harp, stringed musical instrument of ancient origin, the strings of which are plucked with the fingers. Harps were found in paintings from the 13th cent. B.C. at Thebes. In different forms it was played by peoples of nearly all lands throughout the ages. The harp was particularly popular with the Irish from the 9th cent. They adopted the small instrument still in use, called the Irish harp, as a national symbol. The larger instrument was well known on the Continent by the 12th cent. During the 15th cent. the harp came to be made in three parts, as it is today: sound box, neck, and pillar. The strings are stretched between the sound box and the neck; into the neck are fastened the tuning pegs. Chromatic harps, having a string for each tone of the chromatic scale, have appeared since the late 16th cent., but none has been as practical as the diatonic harp, made in the late 17th cent. in the Tyrol and equipped with hooks capable of altering the pitch of any string by a semitone. A pedal mechanism that shortened the strings was devised (c.1720) in Germany. The harp was perfected with Sébastien Érard's invention (c.1810) of the double-action pedals, which can shorten each string twice, raising the pitch by a semitone or a tone. The harp appeared occasionally in the orchestra in the 18th cent., but its regular inclusion there, as well as most of its solo literature, dates from the late 19th cent. Bibliography See R. Rensch, The Harp (1970) and Harps and Harpists (1989). HarpA metal device fitted into the socket of a lamp that holds a lampshade.harp1. a large triangular plucked stringed instrument consisting of a soundboard connected to an upright pillar by means of a curved crossbar from which the strings extend downwards. The strings are tuned diatonically and may be raised in pitch either one or two semitones by the use of pedals (double-action harp). Basic key: B major; range: nearly seven octaves 2. an informal name (esp in pop music) for harmonicaHarold Shipman
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Related to harp: HaarpSynonyms for harpnoun a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neckRelated Words- aeolian harp
- aeolian lyre
- wind harp
- chordophone
- lyre
noun a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshadeRelated Wordsnoun a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired holeSynonyms- harmonica
- mouth harp
- mouth organ
Related Wordsverb come back toSynonymsRelated Words- ingeminate
- iterate
- reiterate
- repeat
- restate
- retell
verb play the harpRelated Words |