Synonyms:
harp
Meaning: 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
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
harp, dwell
Meaning: come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things"
Usage examples
He learned to sing, and play upon the harp.
Have you heard the Taoist tale of the Taming of the Harp?
It was when the lad was playing on his harp. But Saul failed to do what his wicked heart desired.
I left the harp to choose its theme, and knew not truly whether the harp had been Peiwoh or Peiwoh were the harp."
Our dragnet was filled with Midas abalone, harp shells, obelisk snails, and especially the finest hammer shells I had seen to that day.
The Harp is mentioned in the earliest Irish literature: it is constantly mixed up with our oldest legends; and it was in use from the remotest pagan times.
When he learned of David's power to play and sing, he often asked the young shepherd to quiet his angry feelings with the sweet music of his harp and voice.
In the midst of the festivities of the court which followed the royal marriage, an unknown minstrel one day presented himself, bearing a harp of peculiar construction.
The coda, in modulated harp tones, came to a stop before a fermata which corresponded to those before mentioned, in order to cast anchor in the haven of the dominant, finishing with a witches' dance of triplets, doubled in thirds.
Instead, go inside--stop, I will tell you a secret: to-day in the wood I picked some musk-roses and wound them into a wreath, meaning to give them you for your head when you came to-morrow: and it is inside on the pearl tripod in the second room to the left: go, therefore, and put it on, and bring the harp, and play to me, my dear.'