DRONE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
   Hypernyms(s) drone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • bee (what does bee mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
   Synonym(s)
   • bourdon (what does bourdon mean?)
   • drone pipe (what does drone pipe mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) drone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • pipe (what does pipe mean?)
   • tabor pipe (what does tabor pipe mean?)
3. Meaning
   • an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control
   Synonym(s)
   • pilotless aircraft (what does pilotless aircraft mean?)
   • radio-controlled aircraft (what does radio-controlled aircraft mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) drone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • heavier-than-air craft (what does heavier-than-air craft mean?)
4. Meaning
   • an unchanging intonation
   Synonym(s)
   • droning (what does droning mean?)
   • monotone (what does monotone mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) drone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • intonation (what does intonation mean?)
   • modulation (what does modulation mean?)
   • pitch contour (what does pitch contour mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • drone (what does drone mean?)
   • drone (what does drone mean?)
   • drone on (what does drone on mean?)
   • drone (what does drone mean?)
   • drone on (what does drone on mean?)
5. Meaning
   • someone who takes more time than necessary
   • someone who lags behind
   Synonym(s)
   • dawdler (what does dawdler mean?)
   • laggard (what does laggard mean?)
   • lagger (what does lagger mean?)
   • trailer (what does trailer mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) drone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • idler (what does idler mean?)
   • loafer (what does loafer mean?)
   • do-nothing (what does do-nothing mean?)
   • layabout (what does layabout mean?)
   • bum (what does bum mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • loiterer (what does loiterer mean?)
   • lingerer (what does lingerer mean?)
   • plodder (what does plodder mean?)
   • slowpoke (what does slowpoke mean?)
   • stick-in-the-mud (what does stick-in-the-mud mean?)
   • slowcoach (what does slowcoach mean?)
   • putterer (what does putterer mean?)
   • potterer (what does potterer mean?)
   • straggler (what does straggler mean?)
   • strayer (what does strayer mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • trail (what does trail mean?)
   • shack (what does shack mean?)
   • drag (what does drag mean?)
   • trail (what does trail mean?)
   • get behind (what does get behind mean?)
   • hang back (what does hang back mean?)
   • drop behind (what does drop behind mean?)
   • lag (what does lag mean?)
   • dawdle (what does dawdle mean?)
   • fall back (what does fall back mean?)
   • fall behind (what does fall behind mean?)
   • lag (what does lag mean?)
   • dawdle (what does dawdle mean?)
   • fall back (what does fall back mean?)
   • fall behind (what does fall behind mean?)
   • dally (what does dally mean?)
   • dawdle (what does dawdle mean?)
   • lag (what does lag mean?)
   • dawdle (what does dawdle mean?)
   • fall back (what does fall back mean?)
   • fall behind (what does fall behind mean?)
   • linger (what does linger mean?)
   • dawdle (what does dawdle mean?)

DRONE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • talk in a monotonous voice
   Synonym(s)
   • drone on (what does drone on mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) drone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • talk (what does talk mean?)
   • speak (what does speak mean?)
   • utter (what does utter mean?)
   • mouth (what does mouth mean?)
   • verbalize (what does verbalize mean?)
   • verbalise (what does verbalise mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • monotone (what does monotone mean?)
   • drone (what does drone mean?)
   • droning (what does droning mean?)
   • monotone (what does monotone mean?)
   • drone (what does drone mean?)
   • droning (what does droning mean?)
2. Meaning
   • make a monotonous low dull sound
   Usage Example(s)
   • The harmonium was droning on
   Hypernyms(s) drone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • sound (what does sound mean?)
   • go (what does go mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • monotone (what does monotone mean?)
   • drone (what does drone mean?)
   • droning (what does droning mean?)