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Drone

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Noun

1. drone

stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen

2. drone, droning, monotone

an unchanging intonation

3. dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, poke, trailer

someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

4. drone, pilotless aircraft, radio-controlled aircraft

an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control

5. bourdon, drone, drone pipe

a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone

Verb

6. drone

make a monotonous low dull sound

Example Sentences:
'The harmonium was droning on'

7. drone, drone on

talk in a monotonous voice

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Drone

see synonyms of drone
noun
1. 
a male bee in a colony of social bees, whose sole function is to mate with the queen
2. British
a person who lives off the work of others
3. 
a pilotless radio-controlled aircraft
verb
1. (intransitive)
to make a monotonous low dull sound; buzz or hum
2. (when intr, often foll by on)
to utter (words) in a monotonous tone, esp to talk without stopping
noun
3. 
a monotonous low dull sound
4. music
a. 
a sustained bass note or chord of unvarying pitch accompanying a melody
b. 
(as modifier)
a drone bass
5. music
one of the single-reed pipes in a set of bagpipes, used for accompanying the melody played on the chanter
6. 
a person who speaks in a low monotonous tone

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Drone

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verb intransitiveWord forms: droned or ˈdroning
1. 
to make a continuous and monotonous humming or buzzing sound
2. 
to talk on and on in a dull, monotonous way
verb transitive
3. 
to utter in a dull, monotonous tone
noun
4. 
a continuous and monotonous humming or buzzing sound
5. 
a. 
a bagpipe
b. 
any of the pipes of fixed tone in a bagpipe
6. 
a. 
a bass voice or part, sustaining a single low tone
b. 
such a tone
noun
1. 
a male bee or ant which serves only in a reproductive capacity and does no work
2. 
an idle person who lives by the work of others; parasite; loafer
3. 
a person whose work is routine, monotonous, etc.; drudge
4. 
a pilotless airplane that is directed in flight by remote control
verb intransitiveWord forms: droned or ˈdroning
5. 
to live in idleness; loaf

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Drone

see synonyms of drone
n.
1. A male bee, especially a honeybee, that is characteristically stingless, performs no work, and produces no honey. Its only function is to mate with the queen bee.
2. An idle person who lives off others; a loafer.
3. A person who does tedious or menial work; a drudge: "undervalued drones who labored in obscurity" (Caroline Bates).
4. A remotely controlled or autonomous aircraft with no pilot on board. Also called unmanned aircraft system.
v. droned, dron·ing, drones
v.intr.
1. To make a continuous low dull humming sound: "Somewhere an electric fan droned without end" (William Styron).
2. To speak in a monotonous tone: The lecturer droned on for hours.
3. To pass or act in a monotonous way.
v.tr.
To utter in a monotonous low tone: "The mosquitoes droned their angry chant" (W. Somerset Maugham).
n.
1. A continuous low humming or buzzing sound.
2. Music
a. Any of the pipes of a bagpipe that lack finger holes and produce a single tone.
b. A long sustained tone.
c. Any of various instruments that produce only a constant pitch.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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