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drone

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noun (1)

plural drones
1
: a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen
2
: one that lives on the labors of others : parasite
3
: an uncrewed aircraft or ship guided by remote control or onboard computers
4
b
: drudge sense 2
one of many office drones

drone

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verb

droned; droning

intransitive verb

1
a
: to make a sustained deep murmuring, humming, or buzzing sound
droning bees
The air conditioner droned.
b
: to talk in a persistently dull or monotonous tone
droning on and on about his health
2
: to pass, proceed, or act in a dull, drowsy, or indifferent manner
The afternoon droned on.

transitive verb

1
: to utter or pronounce with a drone
2
: to pass or spend in dull or monotonous activity or in idleness
droning the years away
droner noun
droningly adverb

drone

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noun (2)

1
: a deep sustained or monotonous sound : hum
the drone of the motor
2
music : an instrument or part of an instrument (such as one of the fixed-pitch pipes of a bagpipe) that sounds a continuous unvarying tone
3
music : pedal point

Example Sentences

Verb We could hear wasps droning in the garden. the sound of droning bees all around us

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1), Verb, and Noun (2)

Middle English, from Old English drān; akin to Old High German treno drone, Greek thrēnos dirge

First Known Use

Noun (1)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

circa 1520, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a

Noun (2)

1502, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of drone was before the 12th century

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