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drone

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1. drone - Noun

2. drone - Verb

3. Drone - Proper noun

Meaning

The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It gathers no honey. See Honeybee.

One who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard.

That which gives out a grave or monotonous tone or dull sound; as: (a) A drum. [Obs.] Halliwell. (b) The part of the bagpipe containing the two lowest tubes, which always sound the key note and the fifth.

A monotonous bass, as in a pastoral composition.

To utter or make a low, dull, monotonous, humming or murmuring sound.

To love in idleness; to do nothing.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The harmonium was droning on Source: Internet

Abkhazian two and three-part polyphony is based on a drone (sometimes a double drone). Source: Internet

Actually, it’s an intrusion of privacy that you can hear through a drone that can hear you, not unlike my Halo. Source: Internet

A drone has been flying above central Nice this afternoon broadcasting messages urging people to respect the confinement measures. Source: Internet

Additional drones often add the octave below and then a drone consonant with the fifth of the chanter. Source: Internet

After a missile has been launched, the drone operator can remotely divert it elsewhere. Source: Internet

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