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Drone
drəʊn
- make a continuous low humming sound
"in the far distance a machine droned"
- speak tediously in a dull monotonous tone
"he reached for another beer while Jim droned on"
- move with a continuous humming sound
"traffic droned up and down the street"
- a continuous low humming sound
"he nodded off to the drone of the car engine"
- a monotonous speech
"only twenty minutes of the hour-long drone had passed"
- a continuous musical note of low pitch
"the drone rose by a third to A"
- a musical instrument, or part of one, sounding a continuous note of low pitch, in particular (also drone pipe) a pipe in a bagpipe or (also drone string) a string in an instrument such as a hurdy-gurdy or a sitar
- a male bee in a colony of social bees, which does no work but can fertilize a queen
- a person who does no useful work and lives off others
"the University takes all the profit and redistributes it to drones like him"
- a remote-controlled pilotless aircraft or small flying device
"pilots use remote controls to guide a stealth reconnaissance drone"
- a remote-controlled or autonomous vehicle designed for use underwater or on land
"a drone was sent to explore the depths"