Definition of drone

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Drone (v. i.) One who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard..

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Drony :: Drony (a.) Like a drone; sluggish; lazy.
Drone :: Drone (n.) To utter or make a low, dull, monotonous, humming or murmuring sound..
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.) That which gives out a grave or monotonous tone or dull sound; as: (a) A drum. [Obs.] Halliwell. (b) The part of the bagpipe containing the two lowest tubes, which always sound the key note and the fifth..
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..
Dog Bee :: Dog bee () A male or drone bee.
Drone :: Drone (v. i.) A monotonous bass, as in a pastoral composition..
Drone Bee :: Drone bee () The male of the honeybee; a drone.
Padrone :: Padrone (n.) A man who imports, and controls the earnings of, Italian laborers, street musicians, etc..
Lubber :: Lubber (n.) A heavy, clumsy, or awkward fellow; a sturdy drone; a clown..
Hurdy-gurdy :: Hurdy-gurdy (n.) A stringled instrument, lutelike in shape, in which the sound is produced by the friction of a wheel turned by a crank at the end, instead of by a bow, two of the strings being tuned as drones, while two or more, tuned in unison, are modulated by keys..
Padrone :: Padrone (n.) A patron; a protector.
Drone :: Drone (n.) To love in idleness; to do nothing.
Drone Fly :: Drone fly () A dipterous insect (Eristalis tenax), resembling the drone bee. See Eristalis..
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..
Droned :: Droned (imp. & p. p.) of Dron.
Hydronephrosis :: Hydronephrosis (n.) An accumulation of urine in the pelvis of the kidney, occasioned by obstruction in the urinary passages..
Snail :: Snail (n.) Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing..
Sluggard :: Sluggard (n.) A person habitually lazy, idle, and inactive; a drone..
Faburden :: Faburden (n.) A species of counterpoint with a drone bass.
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