Defenition of the word drone
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Defenition of the word drone
- Indefinite and subdued noise.
- A male bee or wasp, which does not work but can fertilise the queen.
- A remotely controlled, unmanned aircraft.
- someone who takes more time than necessary
- stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (esp. honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
- make a monotonous low dull sound
- talk in a monotonous voice
- a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
- a pilotless aircraft operated by remote control
- an unchanging intonation
- stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
- an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control
- someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
- make a monotonous low dull sound; "The harmonium was droning on"
Synonyms for the word drone
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- bourdon
- buzz
- dawdler
- drone on
- drone pipe
- droning
- hum
- laggard
- monotone
- murmur
- pilotless aircraft
- radio-controlled aircraft
- whine
- whirr
Similar words in the drone
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- drone
- drone's
- droned
- drones
Meronymys for the word drone
Hyponyms for the word drone
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- lingerer
- loiterer
- plodder
- potterer
- putterer
- slowcoach
- slowpoke
- stick-in-the-mud
- straggler
- strayer
Hypernyms for the word drone
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- aircraft
- bee
- bum
- do-nothing
- go
- heavier-than-air craft
- idler
- intonation
- layabout
- loafer
- modulation
- mouth
- pipe
- pitch contour
- sound
- speak
- tabor pipe
- talk
- utter
- verbalise
- verbalize
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