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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drone \Drone\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Droned}; p. pr & vb n. {Droning}.] [Cf. (for sense 1) D. dreunen, G. dr["o]hnen, Icel. drynja to roar, drynr a roaring, Sw dr["o]na to bellow, drone, Dan. dr["o]ne, Goth. drunjus sound, Gr ? dirge, ? to cry aloud, Skr. dhran to sound. Cf {Drone}, n.] 1. To utter or make a low dull, monotonous, humming or murmuring sound. Where the beetle wheels his droning flight. --T. Gray. 2. To love in idleness; to do nothing. ``Race of droning kings.'' --Dryden. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: droning adj : noisy like the sound of a bee; "the room was abuzz over the latest scandal" [syn: {abuzz}, {buzzing}] n : an unchanging intonation [syn: {monotone}, {drone}]
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