--- title: H — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 8 description: The 779 words of the English dictionary under H, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / H # H — The English dictionary · page 8 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* A haricot (haricot bean) is a small white bean, the kind used to make baked beans.[↗](../../haricot/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (French) «Haricot» is the French word for bean, as in «haricots verts» (green beans).[↗](../../haricot/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Baked beans are made from haricot beans.[↗](../../haricot/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Soak the haricot beans in water overnight.[↗](../../haricot/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Haricot beans are full of protein.[↗](../../haricot/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In America, haricot beans are called navy beans.[↗](../../haricot/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum added haricots to the stew.[↗](../../haricot/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (French) «Haricots verts» are thin green beans.[↗](../../haricot/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **hark** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old use) «Hark!» is a call to listen.[↗](../../hark/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To hark to something means to listen carefully to it.[↗](../../hark/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* listen, pay attention.[↗](../../hark/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hark\![↗](../../hark/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") Is that a bell?[↗](../../hark/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Hark to the wind rising over the sea\![↗](../../hark/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Hark! a cry from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction\![↗](../../hark/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.48.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hark/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Hark! battle is in the land, and great destruction.[↗](../../hark/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.50.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hark/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Hark, the uproar of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together\![↗](../../hark/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.13.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hark/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Hark! is not that the wind rising?[↗](../../hark/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (The Violet Fairy Book) · Hark, what a buzzing and humming there is!"[↗](../../hark/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) · Hark to the raging of the angry wind, sounding above the rolling sea\![↗](../../hark/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) **harken** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* To listen carefully, an old spelling of "hearken."[↗](../../harken/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It can also mean to go back to something earlier.[↗](../../harken/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This enigmatic expression appears only once in the Tanakh, in \[Job 26:7\], where in a harkening back to \[Genesis 1:2\] it serves as a parallelism of primarial tohu.[↗](../../harken/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../harken/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **harlequin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A harlequin is a clown character in old plays and pantomime, in a patchwork suit of bright diamonds and a mask.[↗](../../harlequin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Harlequin means patterned in bright diamond shapes.[↗](../../harlequin/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Harlequin danced in his patchwork suit.[↗](../../harlequin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The harlequin made everyone laugh.[↗](../../harlequin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She wore a harlequin hat.[↗](../../harlequin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **harlot** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A woman who has sex for pay, or a woman who is unfaithful.[↗](../../harlot/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It is an old word.[↗](../../harlot/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* a woman who sells her body for sex.[↗](../../harlot/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And they said: 'Should one deal with our sister as with a harlot?'[↗](../../harlot/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.34.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../harlot/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; for she had covered her face.[↗](../../harlot/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.38.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../harlot/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There shall be no harlot of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.[↗](../../harlot/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.23.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../harlot/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How is the faithful city become a harlot\![↗](../../harlot/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.1.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../harlot/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD\![↗](../../harlot/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.16.35, JPS 1917)[↗](../../harlot/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her.[↗](../../harlot/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.16.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../harlot/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And they said: 'Should one deal with our sister as with a harlot?'[↗](../../harlot/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.34.31, JPS 1917) · When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; for she had covered her face.[↗](../../harlot/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.38.15, JPS 1917) · There shall be no harlot of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.[↗](../../harlot/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.23.17, JPS 1917) **harlotry** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Having sex outside marriage, or being unfaithful, especially for pay.[↗](../../harlotry/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It is an old word.[↗](../../harlotry/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit harlotry with the daughters of Moab.[↗](../../harlotry/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.25.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../harlotry/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Profane not thy daughter, to make her a harlot, lest the land fall into harlotry, and the land become full of lewdness.[↗](../../harlotry/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.19.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../harlotry/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Were thy harlotries a small matter, (Prophets EZK.16.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../harlotry/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Harlotry, wine, and new wine take away the heart.[↗](../../harlotry/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.4.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../harlotry/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · When their carouse is over, they take to harlotry; her rulers deeply love dishonour.[↗](../../harlotry/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.4.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../harlotry/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **harm** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Hurt, damage or injury to a person, animal or thing.[↗](../../harm/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Verb: to hurt or damage someone or something.[↗](../../harm/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* No harm in: it is not wrong or dangerous: «There's no harm in asking».[↗](../../harm/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Smoking harms your lungs.[↗](../../harm/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog won't harm you.[↗](../../harm/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Litter can harm wild animals.[↗](../../harm/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep cleaning products out of harm's way.[↗](../../harm/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There's no harm in asking for help.[↗](../../harm/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · No harm done — it was just a spilled drink.[↗](../../harm/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The lost kitten came to no harm.[↗](../../harm/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Too much sugar can harm your teeth.[↗](../../harm/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · They had done me no harm.[↗](../../harm/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · But if any harm follow, then thou shalt give life for life, (Torah EXO.21.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../harm/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said: 'Lest peradventure harm befall him.'[↗](../../harm/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.42.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../harm/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.[↗](../../harm/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.44.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../harm/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Touch not Mine anointed ones, and do My prophets no harm.'[↗](../../harm/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.16.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../harm/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.[↗](../../harm/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.3.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../harm/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Neither doth one thrust another, they march every one in his highway; and they break through the weapons, and suffer no harm.[↗](../../harm/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOL.2.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../harm/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **harmful** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Harmful means causing harm: hurting people, animals, plants or things, or making them ill.[↗](../../harmful/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Bleach is harmful if swallowed.[↗](../../harmful/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Smoking is harmful to your health.[↗](../../harmful/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Plastic in the sea is harmful to turtles.[↗](../../harmful/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Too much sun is harmful to your skin.[↗](../../harmful/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some berries are harmful, so never eat wild ones.[↗](../../harmful/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Tell an adult if you see something harmful online.[↗](../../harmful/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Rumours can be harmful to people.[↗](../../harmful/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **harmfully** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a way that causes harm or damage.[↗](../../harmfully/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Some chemicals act harmfully on plants.[↗](../../harmfully/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Too much sun can affect your skin harmfully.[↗](../../harmfully/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Plastic waste harmfully affects sea life.[↗](../../harmfully/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He behaved harmfully towards others.[↗](../../harmfully/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Smoke harmfully affects your lungs.[↗](../../harmfully/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Litter harmfully changes the habitat.[↗](../../harmfully/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **harmless** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Harmless means not able to hurt or damage anyone or anything.[↗](../../harmless/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Harmless can mean not meant to upset anyone: harmless fun.[↗](../../harmless/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* That spider is harmless; it won't hurt you.[↗](../../harmless/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It was just harmless fun, and everyone laughed.[↗](../../harmless/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Most bacteria are harmless.[↗](../../harmless/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A grass snake is harmless to people.[↗](../../harmless/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some berries look harmless but are poisonous.[↗](../../harmless/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog looks fierce but it's really harmless.[↗](../../harmless/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A joke isn't harmless if it makes someone cry.[↗](../../harmless/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The firework fell harmlessly into the water.[↗](../../harmless/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · There she is as harmless as a lamb.[↗](../../harmless/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **harmlessly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Harmlessly means without causing any hurt or damage.[↗](../../harmlessly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The ball bounced harmlessly off the window.[↗](../../harmlessly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Most meteors burn up harmlessly in the sky.[↗](../../harmlessly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bee flew harmlessly past my face.[↗](../../harmlessly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The joke was meant harmlessly, but it hurt her feelings.[↗](../../harmlessly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The firework fizzled out harmlessly.[↗](../../harmlessly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm passed harmlessly out to sea.[↗](../../harmlessly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Rain ran harmlessly off the tent.[↗](../../harmlessly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The snake slid harmlessly into the grass.[↗](../../harmlessly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · This time the arrow again hit the centipede right in the middle of its head, but instead of glancing off harmlessly as before, it struck home to the creature’s brain.[↗](../../harmlessly/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **harmonic** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Something to do with harmony, or a musical sound.[↗](../../harmonic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") In these quotes it is a mistaken scan of a German word.[↗](../../harmonic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Zur Harmonic wird sie erst, wenn sie aus sich selbsi ztim Vielen wird."[↗](../../harmonic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (S. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../harmonic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · '"Das absolute Princip dieser Harmonic sahen die Pythagoraeer in der Monas, sie ist ilinen die nur im Gedanken vorhandene mit sich scibst noch unentzweite Einheit, die das viele zu ihrem Gegensatze hat.[↗](../../harmonic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../harmonic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **harmonious** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Friendly and peaceful, without arguments.[↗](../../harmonious/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (music) Having notes that sound pleasant together.[↗](../../harmonious/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Fitting together nicely: «harmonious colours».[↗](../../harmonious/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The class worked in a harmonious way.[↗](../../harmonious/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · They have a harmonious family.[↗](../../harmonious/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The choir's singing was harmonious.[↗](../../harmonious/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The garden has harmonious colours.[↗](../../harmonious/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Neighbours should try to live in harmonious peace.[↗](../../harmonious/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The music was gentle and harmonious.[↗](../../harmonious/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The Twenty-fourth Path is the Imaginative Intelligence, and it is so called because it gives a likeness to all the similitudes, which are created in like manner similar to its harmonious elegancies.[↗](../../harmonious/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../harmonious/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Twenty-fourth Path is the Imaginative Intelli- gence, and it is so called because it gives a likeness to all the similitudes which are created in like manner similar to its harmonious elegancies.[↗](../../harmonious/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../harmonious/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · 21) with the number four or ten which the principle of place value makes a harmonious one (see below about har- mony).[↗](../../harmonious/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../harmonious/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **harmonize** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* To fit together or agree with something.[↗](../../harmonize/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This \]ieeuliarity harmonizes best with tjie Libjan- Uerberic alphabet, in which we actually find each of the first (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../harmonize/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **harmonized** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Fitted together or agreed with something.[↗](../../harmonized/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Finding that my views on Hebrew orthography harmonized Avith those of the Sefer Yetzirah, I made an exhaustive study of it.[↗](../../harmonized/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../harmonized/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **harmony** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Harmony is when people or things live, work or fit together peacefully and agree («live in harmony»).[↗](../../harmony/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In music, harmony is when different notes are played or sung together and sound pleasant.[↗](../../harmony/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A harmony is a second tune sung with the main one to make it sound richer.[↗](../../harmony/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The choir sang in perfect harmony.[↗](../../harmony/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class lives in harmony most days.[↗](../../harmony/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She sang the harmony while I sang the tune.[↗](../../harmony/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The colours of the painting are in harmony.[↗](../../harmony/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · People of different faiths live in harmony in our town.[↗](../../harmony/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Cats and dogs can live in harmony.[↗](../../harmony/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The band added a lovely harmony to the chorus.[↗](../../harmony/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The first thing necessary in an army is harmony.[↗](../../harmony/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Did their "harmony" mean the principle of position?'[↗](../../harmony/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../harmony/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · In my opinion there is no doubt that this Mishnah belongs to tlie original Sefer Yetzirah, for it is in perfect harmony with all the original material.[↗](../../harmony/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../harmony/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · This is in per- fect harmony with the Pythagorean formula that all numbers originated from two elements, the limited (the one, 1,) and the unlimited (the Zero, 0).[↗](../../harmony/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../harmony/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **harness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A set of straps put on a horse or other animal to control it or join it to a cart.[↗](../../harness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A set of straps that holds a person safely, for climbing, in a car seat or in a pushchair.[↗](../../harness/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To put a harness on an animal.[↗](../../harness/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) To control and use a natural force or thing: «harness the power of the wind».[↗](../../harness/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To be broken in to harness means to be trained to accept hard work or discipline.[↗](../../harness/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The farmer put a harness on the horse.[↗](../../harness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Climbers must wear a safety harness.[↗](../../harness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our dog pulls less on the lead when she wears a harness.[↗](../../harness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Wind turbines harness the power of the wind.[↗](../../harness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Buckle your baby sister's harness in the car seat.[↗](../../harness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Solar panels harness energy from the sun.[↗](../../harness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Harness the horses, and mount, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail.[↗](../../harness/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.46.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../harness/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **harp** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A large musical instrument with many strings stretched on a tall frame, played by plucking with the fingers.[↗](../../harp/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Bible) In the Bible King David played the harp (lyre) and wrote psalms.[↗](../../harp/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb, informal) «Harp on» means to keep talking about the same thing in a boring or annoying way.[↗](../../harp/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal) A harmonica, sometimes called a mouth harp or blues harp.[↗](../../harp/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She plays the harp in the school orchestra.[↗](../../harp/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The harp makes a soft, rippling sound.[↗](../../harp/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Bible, David played the harp for King Saul.[↗](../../harp/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Irish harp is a symbol of Ireland.[↗](../../harp/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop harping on about your new trainers\![↗](../../harp/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Angels are often drawn with harps.[↗](../../harp/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And the harp played a merry tune.[↗](../../harp/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And his brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all such as handle the harp and pipe.[↗](../../harp/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.4.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../harp/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Wherefore didst thou flee secretly, and outwit me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth and with songs, with tabret and with harp; (Torah GEN.31.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../harp/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake the dawn.[↗](../../harp/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.108.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../harp/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Awake, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake the dawn.[↗](../../harp/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.57.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../harp/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Upon the willows in the midst thereof we hanged up our harps.[↗](../../harp/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.137.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../harp/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **harper** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A harper is a person who plays the harp.[↗](../../harper/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The harper played a sad tune.[↗](../../harper/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Harpers sang at the king's feast.[↗](../../harper/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **harpoon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A harpoon is a long spear with a sharp, hooked point, often tied to a rope, used for catching whales, big fish or seals.[↗](../../harpoon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To harpoon something is to hit or catch it with a harpoon.[↗](../../harpoon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The hunter threw his harpoon at the seal.[↗](../../harpoon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Old whaling ships carried harpoons and long ropes.[↗](../../harpoon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Inuit carved harpoon points from bone.[↗](../../harpoon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The sailor harpooned a huge fish.[↗](../../harpoon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Today most countries protect whales from harpoons.[↗](../../harpoon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the museum we saw a rusty harpoon gun.[↗](../../harpoon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The harpoon was flung into the breast of the walrus, so that a smoking stream of blood spurted forth like a fountain, and besprinkled the ice.[↗](../../harpoon/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **harpy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In Greek myths, a harpy is a monster with the face and body of a woman and the wings and claws of a bird.[↗](../../harpy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (rude) Harpy is an insulting word for a woman who is thought to be nasty or bossy.[↗](../../harpy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The harpy eagle is a huge, powerful eagle of South American rainforests.[↗](../../harpy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The harpies swooped down and stole the king's food.[↗](../../harpy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A harpy eagle can carry off a sloth.[↗](../../harpy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the hero chased the harpies away.[↗](../../harpy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Calling someone a harpy is rude and unkind.[↗](../../harpy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Harpies had sharp claws and screeched loudly.[↗](../../harpy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The harpy eagle is one of the strongest birds in the world.[↗](../../harpy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Immediately he took the shape of a harpy, and, filled with rage, was determined to devour his son, and even the Princess too, if only he could overtake them.[↗](../../harpy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) … [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/7/) **8** [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/9/) … [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/page/40/) - ← previous: [page 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