To drone is to make a low, continuous noise that sounds like humming or buzzing. On summer nights, you might hear cicadas drone, and on snowy winter mornings, hear your neighbor's snow blower drone.
The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It gathers no honey. See
Noun
stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
Noun
a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
Noun
an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control
Noun
an unchanging intonation
Noun
someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
Verb
talk in a monotonous voice
Verb
make a monotonous low dull sound; "The harmonium was droning on"
v. i.
The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It gathers no
honey. See Honeybee.
v. i.
One who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle
fellow; a sluggard.
v. i.
That which gives out a grave or monotonous tone or dull
sound; as: (a) A drum. [Obs.] Halliwell. (b) The part of the bagpipe
containing the two lowest tubes, which always sound the key note and
the fifth.
v. i.
A humming or deep murmuring sound.
v. i.
A monotonous bass, as in a pastoral composition.
n.
To utter or make a low, dull, monotonous, humming or
murmuring sound.
n.
To love in idleness; to do nothing.
Drone
All with united force combine to drive The lazy drones from the laborious hive.2.
By living as a drone,to be an unprofitable and unworthy member of so noble and learned a society.3.
The monotonous drone of the wheel.5.
Drone
Where the beetle wheels his droning flight.2.
The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It gathers no honey. See
To utter or make a low, dull, monotonous, humming or murmuring sound.
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