Drone (Noun)
Meaning 1
Stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Meaning 2
An unchanging intonation.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The professor's drone during the three-hour lecture caused several students to nod off to sleep.
- The continuous drone of the refrigerator's hum had become background noise in their small apartment.
- His lack of passion while reading made his voice turn into a mind-numbing drone.
- After hours of flying on a commercial airliner, the constant drone of the engines had given her a headache.
- As he explained the entire history of tax accounting in one, never-ending drone, I struggled to keep my eyes open.
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Meaning 3
An aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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Meaning 4
Someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 5
A pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.