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| 1. | [ noun ] (zoology) stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen | |
| Related terms: | bee | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (rhetoric) an unchanging intonation | |
| Synonyms: | monotone droning | |
| Related terms: | intonation | |
| 3. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 25660 | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (work) someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind | |
| Synonyms: | laggard trailer lagger dawdler | |
| Related terms: | idler straggler putterer loiterer plodder lag trail dally | |
| 5. | [ verb ] talk in a monotonous voice | |
| Synonyms: | drone_on | |
| Related terms: | talk monotone | |
| 6. | [ verb ] make a monotonous low dull sound | |
| Examples: | "The harmonium was droning on" |
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| Related terms: | go monotone | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (transportation) an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control | |
| Synonyms: | radio-controlled_aircraft pilotless_aircraft | |
| Related terms: | aircraft heavier-than-air_craft | |
| 8. | [ noun ] (music) a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone | |
| Synonyms: | bourdon drone_pipe | |
| Related terms: | pipe bagpipe | |
| Similar spelling: |
Droney Drane Draine draw_on drown Drema dream drawn drain dreamy Dreama Drouin Draheim |
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