Meaning of 'drone'

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Meaning of ‘drone’

7 definitions found.

drone

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

Synonyms: drone pipe bourdon

noun

an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control

Synonyms: pilotless aircraft radio-controlled aircraft

noun

an unchanging intonation

Synonyms: monotone droning

noun

someone who takes more time than necessary

Synonyms: poke

verb

talk in a monotonous voice

Synonyms: drone on

verb

make a monotonous low dull sound

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University

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