Dictionary definition · drone
noun
- stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
- an unchanging intonation
- someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
- an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control
- a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
verb
- make a monotonous low dull sound"The harmonium was droning on"
- talk in a monotonous voice
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).