| Front | drone |
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| Back | drone noun, verb BrE /drəʊn/ NAmE /droʊn/ noun word origin example bank 1 [usually singular] a continuous low noise the distant drone of traffic 2 [usually singular] a continuous low sound made by some musical instruments, for example the bagpipes, over which other notes are played or sung; the part of the instrument that makes this noise 3 a male bee that does not work compare queen bee, worker 4 a person who is lazy and gives nothing to society while others work The medieval lord of the manor was what some today would call a drone. 5 an aircraft without a pilot, controlled from the ground verb verb forms word origin example bank [intransitive] to make a continuous low noise A plane was droning in the distance. a droning voice ˌdrone ˈon (about sth) to talk for a long time in a boring way |
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