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Meaning of harp

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  harp
      n 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
      2: a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade
      3: 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 [syn: {harmonica}, {mouth organ}, {harp}, {mouth
         harp}]
      v 1: come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always
           harping on the same old things" [syn: {harp}, {dwell}]
      2: play the harp; "She harped the Saint-Saens beautifully"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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