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English noun: drone | |||
| 1. | drone (animal) stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bee | ||
| 2. | drone (communication) an unchanging intonation | ||
| Synonyms | droning, monotone | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | intonation, modulation, pitch contour | ||
| 3. | drone (person) someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind | ||
| Synonyms | dawdler, laggard, lagger, poke, trailer | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bum, do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | lingerer, loiterer, plodder, potterer, putterer, slowcoach, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mud, straggler, strayer | ||
| 4. | drone (artifact) an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control | ||
| Synonyms | pilotless aircraft, radio-controlled aircraft | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | heavier-than-air craft | ||
| 5. | drone (artifact) a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone | ||
| Synonyms | bourdon, drone pipe | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | pipe | ||
| Part meronym | bagpipe | ||
English verb: drone | |||
| 1. | drone (perception) make a monotonous low dull sound | ||
| Samples | The harmonium was droning on. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go, sound | ||
| 2. | drone (communication) talk in a monotonous voice | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue drone | ||
| Synonyms | drone on | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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