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Drone

drəʊn

Drone definitions
noun
drone drones
  1. 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"

  2. 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
  3. 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"

  4. 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"

verb
drone droned drones droning
  1. 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"

  2. attack, kill, or destroy by means of a drone or remote-controlled pilotless aircraft

    "innocent people were droned and compelled to migrate from their areas"