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drone1    Audio Help   [drohn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
2.a remote control mechanism, as a radio-controlled airplane or boat.
3.a person who lives on the labor of others; parasitic loafer.
4.a drudge.

[Origin: bef. 1000; 1945–50 for def. 2; ME drone, drane, OE dran, dron; akin to OHG treno, G Drohne]

dronish, adjective
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drone2    Audio Help   [drohn] Pronunciation Key verb, droned, dron·ing, noun
–verb (used without object)
1.to make a dull, continued, low, monotonous sound; hum; buzz.
2.to speak in a monotonous tone.
3.to proceed in a dull, monotonous manner (usually fol. by on): The meeting droned on for hours.
–verb (used with object)
4.to say in a dull, monotonous tone.
–noun
5.Music.
a.a continuous low tone produced by the bass pipes or bass strings of musical instruments.
b.the pipes (esp. of the bagpipe) or strings producing this tone.
c.a bagpipe equipped with such pipes.
6.a monotonous low tone; humming or buzzing sound.
7.a person who speaks in a monotonous tone.

[Origin: 1490–1500; see drone1 and cf. ME droun to roar, Icel drynja to bellow, Goth drunjus noise]

droner, noun
dron·ing·ly, adverb
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drone 1    Audio Help   (drōn)  Pronunciation Key 
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 pilotless aircraft operated by remote control.


[Middle English, from Old English drān.]

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drone 2    Audio Help   (drōn)  Pronunciation Key 
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
    1. Any of the pipes of a bagpipe that lack finger holes and produce a single tone.
    2. A long sustained tone.
    3. Any of various instruments that produce only a constant pitch.


[From drone1 (from the bee's humming sound).]

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drone  (n.)
O.E. dran, dræn "male honeybee," from P.Gmc. *dran-, probably imitative; given a figurative sense of "idler, lazy worker" (male bees make no honey) c.1529; the verb in the sound sense is c.1500, apparently imitative. Meaning "pilotless aircraft" is from 1946.

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drone

noun
1. stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen 
2. an unchanging intonation [syn: monotone
3. someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind [syn: dawdler
4. an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control 
5. a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone 

verb
1. make a monotonous low dull sound; "The harmonium was droning on" 
2. talk in a monotonous voice 

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drone1 [drəun] noun
the male of the bee
Arabic: ذَكَر النَّحِل
Chinese (Simplified): 雄蜂
Chinese (Traditional): 雄蜂
Czech: trubec
Danish: drone
Dutch: hommel
Estonian: leskmesilane, isamesilane
Finnish: kuhnuri
French: faux-bourdon
German: die Drohne
Greek: κηφήνας
Hungarian: here (méh)
Icelandic: karlbÿfluga
Indonesian: lebah jantan
Italian: fuco
Japanese: 雄蜂
Korean: 수펄
Latvian: trans
Lithuanian: tranas
Norwegian: drone, hannbie
Polish: truteń
Portuguese (Brazil): zangão
Portuguese (Portugal): zangão
Romanian: trân­­tor
Russian: трутень
Slovak: trúd
Slovenian: trot
Spanish: zángano
Swedish: drönare
Turkish: erkek arı
drone2 [drəun] noun
a person who is lazy and idle
Arabic: شَخْص كَسول
Chinese (Simplified): 懒汉
Chinese (Traditional): 懶漢
Czech: lenoch
Danish: dagdriver
Dutch: luilak
Estonian: logard
Finnish: kuhnuri
French: fainéant, *-ante
German: der Nichtstuer
Greek: κηφήνας (μτφ.)
Hungarian: semmittevő, here
Icelandic: letingi, iðjuleysingi
Indonesian: pemalas
Italian: poltrone, fannullone
Japanese: 怠けもの
Korean: 게으름뱅이
Latvian: liekēdis
Lithuanian: tranas
Norwegian: latsabb, døgenikt
Polish: truteń, leniuch
Portuguese (Brazil): malandro
Portuguese (Portugal): malandro
Romanian: trântor
Russian: тунеядец
Slovak: leňoch
Slovenian: lenuh
Spanish: zángano
Swedish: drönare
Turkish: tembel kimse, asalak
drone3 [drəun] noun
a deep, humming sound
Example: the distant drone of traffic
Arabic: طَنين
Chinese (Simplified): 深沉的嗡嗡声
Chinese (Traditional): 深沈的嗡嗡聲
Czech: hučení
Danish: summen
Dutch: geronk
Estonian: sumin
Finnish: hurina
French: bourdonnement
German: das Brummen
Greek: βουητό
Hungarian: döngés
Icelandic: drunur; suð
Indonesian: dengungan
Italian: brusio
Japanese: ブーンという音
Korean: (윙윙거리는) 단조로운 저음
Latvian: dūkšana; dūkoņa
Lithuanian: gausmas, ūžesys
Norwegian: summing, brumming
Polish: brzęczenie
Portuguese (Brazil): zumbido
Portuguese (Portugal): zumbido
Romanian: zumzet
Russian: гул
Slovak: hučanie
Slovenian: brnenje
Spanish: ruido, zumbido
Swedish: surr, susande, brummande
Turkish: vızıltı, uğultu
drone1 [drəun] verb
to make a low, humming sound
Example: An aeroplane droned overhead.
Arabic: يَطِنُّ
Chinese (Simplified): 发出嗡嗡声
Chinese (Traditional): 發出嗡嗡聲
Czech: vrčet, hučet
Danish: brumme
Dutch: ronken
Estonian: sumisema, põrisema
Finnish: hurista
French: bourdonner
German: brummen
Greek: βουίζω
Hungarian: zúg
Icelandic: suða; drynja
Indonesian: mendengung
Italian: ronzare, fare brusio*
Japanese: ブーンという音をたてる
Korean: 윙윙거리다
Latvian: dūkt
Lithuanian: gausti, ūžti
Norwegian: summe, brumme
Polish: buczeć
Portuguese (Brazil): zumbir
Portuguese (Portugal): zumbir
Romanian: a zumzăi
Russian: гудеть
Slovak: hučať, bzučať
Slovenian: brneti
Spanish: zumbar
Swedish: surra
Turkish: vızıldamak, uğuldamak
drone2 [drəun] verb
to speak in a dull, boring voice
Example: The lecturer droned on and on.
Arabic: يَتَكَلَّمُ بِصَوْتٍ مُمِل
Chinese (Simplified): 用单调沉闷的声音说话
Chinese (Traditional): 用單調沈悶的聲音說話
Czech: mluvit monotónně
Danish: tale monotont
Dutch: dreunen
Estonian: (monotoonselt) rääkima
Finnish: jaaritella
French: parler d'une voix endormante
German: eintönig reden
Greek: μιλώ μονότονα
Hungarian: monoton hangon elmond
Icelandic: tala tilbreytingarlaust
Indonesian: mengoceh
Italian: parlare in modo monotono*, borbottare
Japanese: ものうげに言う
Korean: 단조롭고 따분한 목소리로 말하다
Latvian: monotoni runāt
Lithuanian: monotoniškai kalbėti, bambėti
Norwegian: snakke monotont
Polish: mówić monotonnym głosem
Portuguese (Brazil): falar com voz monótona
Portuguese (Portugal): desfiar uma cantilena
Romanian: a bolborosi
Russian: бубнить
Slovak: monotónne hovoriť
Slovenian: monotono govoriti
Spanish: hablar en tono monótono
Swedish: mumla, tala entonigt
Turkish: monoton bir sesle konuşmak
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drone    Audio Help   (drōn)  Pronunciation Key 
A male bee, especially a honeybee whose only function is to fertilize the queen. Drones have no stingers, do no work, and do not produce honey.

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drone

In military usage, a pilotless aircraft used for reconnaissance and, more recently, for launching aerial attacks.


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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. (Zo["o]l.) The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It gathers no honey. See Honeybee.

All with united force combine to drive The lazy drones from the laborious hive. --Dryden.

2. One who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard.

By living as a drone,to be an unprofitable and unworthy member of so noble and learned a society. -- Burton.

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.

4. A humming or deep murmuring sound.

The monotonous drone of the wheel. --Longfellow.

5. (Mus.) A monotonous bass, as in a pastoral composition.
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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. (Zo["o]l.) The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It gathers no honey. See Honeybee.

All with united force combine to drive The lazy drones from the laborious hive. --Dryden.

2. One who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard.

By living as a drone,to be an unprofitable and unworthy member of so noble and learned a society. -- Burton.

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.

4. A humming or deep murmuring sound.

The monotonous drone of the wheel. --Longfellow.

5. (Mus.) A monotonous bass, as in a pastoral composition.
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