drone
Definition
- n. stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
- n. an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control
- n. a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
- v. make a monotonous low dull sound
Word forms
- Past tense
- droned
- Third person singular
- drones
- Past participle
- droned
- Present participle
- droning
Example sentences
n.
The drone buzzed around the garden, looking for flowers to pollinate.
vi.
He tends to drone on during meetings without getting to the point.
vt.
She droned her speech in a monotone voice that made everyone sleepy.