drone

(noun, verb)

noun

1. stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen

Definition categories: animal, bee

2. an unchanging intonation

Similar word(s): droning, monotone

Definition categories: communication, intonation, modulation

3. someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

Similar word(s): dawdler, laggard, lagger, poke, trailer

Definition categories: person, bum, idler, layabout, loafer

4. an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control

Definition categories: man–made

5. a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone

Similar word(s): bourdon

Definition categories: man–made, pipe

Sentences with drone as a noun:

- Strikes from drones take many innocent lives.

verb

1. make a monotonous low dull sound

Definition categories: perception, go, sound

2. talk in a monotonous voice

Definition categories: communication, mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize