![]() ![]() noun Someone who doesn't work a lazy person, an idler.noun A male bee or wasp, which does not work but can fertilise the queen (Wikipedia).noun (Mus.) A monotonous bass, as in a pastoral composition.įrom Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.noun A humming or deep murmuring sound.(b) The part of the bagpipe containing the two lowest tubes, which always sound the key note and the fifth. noun That which gives out a grave or monotonous tone or dull sound as: (a) A drum.noun One who lives on the labors of others a lazy, idle fellow a sluggard.intransitive verb To love in idleness to do nothing.intransitive verb To utter or make a low, dull, monotonous, humming or murmuring sound.noun Hence An idler a sluggard one who lives on the labor of others.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.To give forth or utter in a monotonous, dull tone: as, he drones his sentences.To use a dull, monotonous tone: as, he drones in his reading. ![]() To give forth a monotonous, unvaried tone utter a dull humming sound hum or buzz, as a beetle or a bagpipe.noun The tone emitted by the drone of a bagpipe.noun In music: A pipe in the bagpipe which gives out a continuous and invariable tone.noun A monotonous, continued tone or sound a humming: as, the drone of a bee.noun Any of various instruments that produce only a constant pitch.noun Any of the pipes of a bagpipe that lack finger holes and produce a single tone.noun A continuous low humming or buzzing sound.intransitive verb To utter in a monotonous low tone.intransitive verb To pass or act in a monotonous way.intransitive verb To speak in a monotonous tone.intransitive verb To make a continuous low dull humming sound.noun A pilotless aircraft operated by remote control.noun A person who does tedious or menial work a drudge.noun An idle person who lives off others a loafer.Its only function is to mate with the queen bee. noun A male bee, especially a honeybee, that is characteristically stingless, performs no work, and produces no honey.From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. ![]()
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