Meaning & Definition of Drone in English
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Drone
/droʊn/
noun
1. Stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
synonym:
- drone
2. An unchanging intonation
synonym:
- monotone,
- drone,
- droning
3. Someone who takes more time than necessary
- Someone who lags behind
synonym:
- dawdler,
- drone,
- laggard,
- lagger,
- trailer,
- poke
4. An aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control
synonym:
- drone,
- pilotless aircraft,
- radio-controlled aircraft
5. A pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
synonym:
- drone,
- drone pipe,
- bourdon
verb
1. Make a monotonous low dull sound
- "The harmonium was droning on"
synonym:
- drone
2. Talk in a monotonous voice
synonym:
- drone,
- drone on