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| drone [ drōn ] |
verb (past and past participle droned, present participle dron·ing, 3rd person present singular drones) |
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1. intransitive verb make low humming sound: to make a continuous low humming sound
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2. transitive and intransitive verb talk in boring voice: to talk or say something in a boring voice, usually for a long time
  I could hear his voice droning on in the background.
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noun (plural drones) |
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1. low humming sound: a continuous low humming sound
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2. music unchanging note held during melody: a single note or chord that is held through a melodic part
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3. music pipe in bagpipes producing continuous note: the pipe in a set of bagpipes that produces a single continuous note
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| [Early 16th century. <drone2] |
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| dron·ing·ly adverb |
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