Definition of drone

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Drone (v. i.) The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It gathers no honey. See Honeybee..

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Hum :: Hum (n.) A low monotonous noise, as of bees in flight, of a swiftly revolving top, of a wheel, or the like; a drone; a buzz..
Drone :: Drone (n.) To utter or make a low, dull, monotonous, humming or murmuring sound..
Faburden :: Faburden (n.) A species of counterpoint with a drone bass.
Micronesian :: Micronesian (a.) Of or pertaining to Micronesia, a collective designation of the islands in the western part of the Pacific Ocean, embracing the Marshall and Gilbert groups, the Ladrones, the Carolines, etc..
Droned :: Droned (imp. & p. p.) of Dron.
Sluggard :: Sluggard (n.) A person habitually lazy, idle, and inactive; a drone..
Hum :: Hum (v. i.) To make a nasal sound, like that of the letter m prolonged, without opening the mouth, or articulating; to mumble in monotonous undertone; to drone..
Drone :: Drone (v. i.) A humming or deep murmuring sound.
Bourdon :: Bourdon (n.) A drone bass, as in a bagpipe, or a hurdy-gurdy. See Burden (of a song.).
Padrones :: Padrones (pl. ) of Padron.
Burden :: Burden (n.) The drone of a bagpipe.
Dronish :: Dronish (a.) Like a drone; indolent; slow.
Drone :: Drone (v. i.) One who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard..
Hydronephrosis :: Hydronephrosis (n.) An accumulation of urine in the pelvis of the kidney, occasioned by obstruction in the urinary passages..
Ladrone :: Ladrone (n.) A robber; a pirate; hence, loosely, a rogue or rascal..
Proa :: Proa (n.) A sailing canoe of the Ladrone Islands and Malay Archipelago, having its lee side flat and its weather side like that of an ordinary boat. The ends are alike. The canoe is long and narrow, and is kept from overturning by a cigar-shaped log attached to a frame extending several feet to windward. It has been called the flying proa, and is the swiftest sailing craft known..
Mopus :: Mopus (n.) A mope; a drone.
Dorr :: Dorr (n.) The dorbeetle; also, a drone or an idler. See 1st Dor..
Dronepipe :: Dronepipe (n.) One of the low-toned tubes of a bagpipe.
Dog Bee :: Dog bee () A male or drone bee.
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