Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun harp
3 senses of harp
Sense 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 fingers)
=> chordophone -- (a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers)
Sense 2
harp -- (a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade)
=> support -- (any device that bears the weight of another thing; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf")
Sense 3
harmonica, mouth organ, harp, mouth 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 hole)
=> free-reed instrument -- (a wind instrument with a free reed)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb harp
2 senses of harp
Sense 1
harp, dwell -- (come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things")
=> repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell -- (to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request")
Sense 2
harp -- (play the harp; "She harped the Saint-Saens beautifully")
=> play -- (perform music on (a musical instrument); "He plays the flute"; "Can you play on this old recorder?")