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drone

(dr/oU/n )

stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen(noun.animal)

source: wordnet30
an unchanging intonation(noun.communication)

Synonym:
droning, monotone

source: wordnet30
someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind(noun.person)

Synonym:
dawdler, laggard, lagger, poke, trailer

source: wordnet30
an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
pilotless aircraft, radio-controlled aircraft

source: wordnet30
a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
bourdon, drone pipe

source: wordnet30
The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It gathers no honey. See Honeybee.(noun)

source: webster1913

make a monotonous low dull sound(verb.perception)

source: wordnet30
talk in a monotonous voice(verb.communication)

Synonym:
drone on

source: wordnet30
To utter or make a low, dull, monotonous, humming or murmuring sound.(verb)

source: webster1913

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