harp – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
harp
n.
large stringed instrument with an upright triangular frame which is played by plucking the strings with the fingers
v.
play on a harp; dwell tediously on a subject
Harp
The harp is a stringed musical instrument which has a number of individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard, which are plucked with the fingers. Harps have been known since antiquity in Asia, Africa, and Europe, dating back at least as early as 3500 BCE. The instrument had great popularity in Europe during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, where it evolved into a wide variety of variants with new technologies, and was disseminated to Europe's colonies, finding particular popularity in Latin America. While some ancient members of the harp family died out in the Near East and South Asia, descendants of early harps are still played in Burma and in Sub-Saharan Africa, while other defunct variants in Europe and Asia have been revived by musicians in the modern era.
Harp (disambiguation)
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harp is a type of stringed musical instrument.
harp
Noun
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
(hypernym) chordophone
(hyponym) aeolian harp, aeolian lyre, wind harp
2. a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade
(hypernym) support
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
(synonym) harmonica, mouth organ, mouth harp
(hypernym) free-reed instrument
Verb
1. come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things"
(synonym) dwell
(hypernym) repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell
2. play the harp; "She harped the Saint-Saens beautifully"
(hypernym) play
(entail) pluck, tweak, pull off, pick off
(derivation) harmonica, mouth organ, mouth harp
(classification) music
harp (de)
n.
harp, large stringed instrument with an upright triangular frame which is played by plucking the strings with the fingers
harp
n.
war, warfare, harp, sackbut
