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
   "The musician played a beautiful melody on the harp"
    
2. 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
   "He played a mournful blues tune on his harp";
   - harmonica, mouth organ, mouth harp
    
3. A pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade
   "The antique lamp had ornate brass harps supporting its delicate shade"

1. (music) play the harp
   "She harped the Saint-Saens beautifully"
    
2. (usually with on) repeatedly come back to a subject; persistently complain about
   "She is always harping on the same old things";
   - dwell

Derived forms: harps, harping, harped

Type of: chordophone, free-reed instrument, ingeminate [archaic], iterate, play, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell, support

Encyclopedia: Harp, John