HARP
\hˈɑːp], \hˈɑːp], \h_ˈɑː_p]\
Definitions of HARP
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held upright, and played with the fingers.
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A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre.
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A grain sieve.
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To play on the harp.
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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.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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A musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held upright, and played with the fingers.
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A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre.
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A grain sieve.
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To play on the harp.
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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.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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To play on the harp.
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To revert to something incessantly; dwell unduly: with on or upon.
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A stringed musical instrument played with the fingers.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A musical stringed instrument of triangular shape, played with the fingers.
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To play on such an instrument; dwell unduly, tediously, or persistently on some particular subject; with on or upon.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A triangular musical instrument with strings struck by the fingers.
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To play on the harp: to dwell tediously upon anything.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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