'Drone' definitions:

Definition of 'drone'

(from WordNet)
noun
Stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
noun
An unchanging intonation [syn: monotone, drone, droning]
noun
Someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind [syn: dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke]
noun
An aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control [syn: drone, pilotless aircraft, radio- controlled aircraft]
noun
A pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone [syn: drone, drone pipe, bourdon]
verb
Make a monotonous low dull sound; "The harmonium was droning on"
verb
Talk in a monotonous voice [syn: drone, drone on]

Definition of 'Drone'

From: GCIDE
  • Drone \Drone\ (dr[=o]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Droned; p. pr. & vb. n. Droning.] [Cf. (for sense 1) D. dreunen, G. dr["o]hnen, Icel. drynja to roar, drynr a roaring, Sw. dr["o]na to bellow, drone, Dan. dr["o]ne, Goth. drunjus sound, Gr. ? dirge, ? to cry aloud, Skr. dhran to sound. Cf. Drone, n.]
  • 1. To utter or make a low, dull, monotonous, humming or murmuring sound. [1913 Webster]
  • Where the beetle wheels his droning flight. --T. Gray. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To love in idleness; to do nothing. "Race of droning kings." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Drone'

From: GCIDE
  • Drone \Drone\, n. [OE. drane a dronebee, AS. dr[=a]n; akin to OS. dr[=a]n, OHG. treno, G. drohne, Dan. drone, cf. Gr. ? a kind of wasp, dial. Gr. ? drone. Prob. named fr. the droning sound. See Drone, v. i.]
  • 1. (Zool.) The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It gathers no honey. See Honeybee. [1913 Webster]
  • All with united force combine to drive The lazy drones from the laborious hive. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. One who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard. [1913 Webster]
  • By living as a drone,to be an unprofitable and unworthy member of so noble and learned a society. -- Burton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A humming or deep murmuring sound. [1913 Webster]
  • The monotonous drone of the wheel. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Mus.) A monotonous bass, as in a pastoral composition. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'drone'

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