Definition of drone

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Drone (n.) To utter or make a low, dull, monotonous, humming or murmuring sound..

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Dronish :: Dronish (a.) Like a drone; indolent; slow.
Bourdon :: Bourdon (n.) A drone bass, as in a bagpipe, or a hurdy-gurdy. See Burden (of a song.).
Proa :: Proa (n.) A sailing canoe of the Ladrone Islands and Malay Archipelago, having its lee side flat and its weather side like that of an ordinary boat. The ends are alike. The canoe is long and narrow, and is kept from overturning by a cigar-shaped log attached to a frame extending several feet to windward. It has been called the flying proa, and is the swiftest sailing craft known..
Snail :: Snail (n.) Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing..
Drone :: Drone (v. i.) The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It gathers no honey. See Honeybee..
Drone :: Drone (v. i.) One who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard..
Drone Fly :: Drone fly () A dipterous insect (Eristalis tenax), resembling the drone bee. See Eristalis..
Dog Bee :: Dog bee () A male or drone bee.
Ladrone :: Ladrone (n.) A robber; a pirate; hence, loosely, a rogue or rascal..
Padrone :: Padrone (n.) A patron; a protector.
Patron :: Patron (n.) See Padrone, 2..
Sluggard :: Sluggard (n.) A person habitually lazy, idle, and inactive; a drone..
Hum :: Hum (v. i.) To make a nasal sound, like that of the letter m prolonged, without opening the mouth, or articulating; to mumble in monotonous undertone; to drone..
Drone :: Drone (v. i.) 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..
Drone :: Drone (v. i.) A monotonous bass, as in a pastoral composition..
Eristalis :: Eristalis (n.) A genus of dipterous insects whose young (called rat-tailed larvae) are remarkable for their long tapering tail, which spiracles at the tip, and for their ability to live in very impure and salt waters; -- also called drone fly..
Burden :: Burden (n.) The drone of a bagpipe.
Drone Bee :: Drone bee () The male of the honeybee; a drone.
Drony :: Drony (a.) Like a drone; sluggish; lazy.
Dronepipe :: Dronepipe (n.) One of the low-toned tubes of a bagpipe.
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