drone

drone ¹  (drn)

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.

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[Middle English, from Old English drn.]

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drone ²  (drn)

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

a. Any of the pipes of a bagpipe that lack finger holes and produce a single tone.

b. A long sustained tone.

c. Any of various instruments that produce only a constant pitch.

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

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drone ¹

Noun

1. a male honeybee

2. a person who lives off the work of others [Old English drān]

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drone ²

Verb

[droning, droned]

1. to make a monotonous low dull sound

2. drone on to talk in a monotonous tone without stopping

Noun

1. a monotonous low dull sound

2. a single-reed pipe in a set of bagpipes [related to drone¹]

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drone  (drn)

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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A land, sea, or air vehicle that is remotely or automatically controlled. See also remotely piloted vehicle; unmanned aerial vehicle.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	drone - stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen bee - any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
	2.	drone - an unchanging intonation droning, monotone intonation, pitch contour, modulation - rise and fall of the voice pitch
	3.	drone - someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind dawdler, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, bum - person who does no work; "a lazy bum" lingerer, loiterer - someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place slowcoach, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mud, plodder - someone who moves slowly; "in England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach" potterer, putterer - a person who putters about straggler, strayer - someone who strays or falls behind
	4.	drone - an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control pilotless aircraft, radio-controlled aircraft heavier-than-air craft - a non-buoyant aircraft that requires a source of power to hold it aloft and to propel it
	5.	drone - a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone bourdon, drone pipe bagpipe - a tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone pipe - a tubular wind instrument
Verb	1.	drone - make a monotonous low dull sound; "The harmonium was droning on" sound, go - make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'"
	2.	drone - talk in a monotonous voice drone on mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"

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drone ¹

noun parasite, skiver Brit. (slang) idler, lounger, leech, loafer, couch potato (slang) scrounger (informal) sponger (informal) sluggard, bludger Austral., N.Z. (informal) quandong Austral. (slang)

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drone ²

verb 1. hum, buzz, vibrate, purr, whirr, thrum

verb 2. (often with on) speak monotonously, drawl, chant, spout, intone, talk interminably

noun 3. hum, buzz, purr, vibration, whirr, whirring, thrum

Translations

drone [drəun] vi [bee, aircraft, engine] → zumbar;

(also: drone on) → murmurar sin interrupción

n → zumbido (= male bee); zángano

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drone [drəun] vi [bee] → bourdonner; [engine etc] → ronronner;

(also: drone on) → parler d'une voix monocorde

n → bourdonnement m; ronronnement m (= male bee); faux-bourdon m

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drone [drəun] n → Brummen nt;

(male bee) → Drohne f

vi → brummen;

(bee) → summen;

(also: drone on) → eintönig sprechen

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drone [drəun] n → ronzio (= male bee); fuco

vi [bee, aircraft, engine] → ronzare;

(also: drone on) [person] → continuare a parlare (in modo monotono): [voice] → continuare a ronzare

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drone

n drone [drəun]

1 the male of the bee. hommel ذَكَر النَّحِل търтей trubec drone die Drohne κηφήνας zángano leskmesilane, isamesilane زنبور عسل نر kuhnuri faux-bourdon דָבּוּר नर मधुमक्खी trut here (méh) lebah jantan karlbÿfluga fuco 雄蜂 수펄 tranas trans lebah jantan hommel drone, hannbie truteń zangão trân­­tor трутень trúd trot trut drönare ผึ้งตัวผู้ erkek arı 雄蜂 трутень نر مکھی ong mật đực 雄蜂

2 a person who is lazy and idle. leeglêer شَخْص كَسول търтей lenoch dagdriver der Nichtstuer κηφήνας (μτφ.) zángano logard آدم تن پرور kuhnuri fainéant/-ante בַּטלָן कामचोर lijenčina semmittevő, here pemalas letingi, iðjuleysingi poltrone, fannullone 怠けもの 게으름뱅이 tranas liekēdis pemalas luilak latsabb, døgenikt truteń, leniuch malandro trântor тунеядец leňoch lenuh parazit drönare คนขี้เกียจ tembel kimse, asalak 懶漢 ледар نکھٹو ، نکما kẻ ăn không ngồi rồi 懒汉

3 a deep, humming sound the distant drone of traffic. gedreun طَنين бръмчене hučení summen das Brummen βουητό ruido, zumbido sumin صدای بم hurina bourdonnement זִמזוּם मधुमक्खी आदि की आवाज zujanje döngés dengungan drunur; suð brusio ブーンという音 (윙윙거리는) 단조로운 저음 gausmas, ūžesys dūkšana; dūkoņa dengungan geronk summing, brumming brzęczenie zumbido zumzet гул hučanie brnenje zujanje surr, susande, brummande เสียงต่ำ ๆ vızıltı, uğultu 深沈的嗡嗡聲 дзижчання, гудіння بھنبھناہٹ tiếng o o 深沉的嗡嗡声

v

1 to make a low, humming sound An aeroplane droned overhead. dreun يَطِنُّ бръмча vrčet, hučet brumme brummen βουίζω zumbar sumisema, põrisema صدای بم ایجاد کردن hurista bourdonner לְזַמזֵם भिनभिनाहट की आवाज करना brujati zúg mendengung suða; drynja ronzare, fare brusio ブーンという音をたてる 윙윙거리다 gausti, ūžti dūkt mendengung ronken summe, brumme buczeć zumbir a zumzăi гудеть hučať, bzučať brneti zujati surra ส่งเสียงหึ่ง ๆ vızıldamak, uğuldamak 發出嗡嗡聲 дзижчати, гудіти بھنبھنانا tạo ra âm thanh o o 发出嗡嗡声

2 to speak in a dull, boring voice The lecturer droned on and on. brom يَتَكَلَّمُ بِصَوْتٍ مُمِل говоря монотонно mluvit monotónně tale monotont eintönig reden μιλώ μονότονα hablar en tono monótono (monotoonselt) rääkima ملال آور ادا کردن jaaritella parler d'une voix endormante לְבָרבֵּר בְּקוֹל מוֹנוֹטוֹנִי धीमी ऊबाउ आवाज में बोलना govoriti dosadnim glasom monoton hangon elmond mengoceh tala tilbreytingarlaust parlare in modo monotono, borbottare ものうげに言う 단조롭고 따분한 목소리로 말하다 monotoniškai kalbėti, bambėti monotoni runāt mengoceh dreunen snakke monotont mówić monotonnym głosem desfiar uma cantilena a bolborosi бубнить monotónne hovoriť monotono govoriti mumlati mumla, tala entonigt ทำเสียงพึมพำน่าเบื่อ monoton bir sesle konuşmak 用單調沈悶的聲音說話 монотонно говорити یکساں لہجے میں بولنا nói giọng đều đều 用单调沉闷的声音说话