English dictionary
drone
nounAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
noun
- a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
noun
- an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control
noun
- an unchanging intonation
noun
- someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
verb
- talk in a monotonous voice
verb
- make a monotonous low dull sound
Example sentences
The harmonium was droning on