Noun

• S: (n) drone (drone%1:05:00::) (stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen)
• S: (n) monotone (monotone%1:10:00::), drone (drone%1:10:00::), droning (droning%1:10:00::) (an unchanging intonation)
• S: (n) dawdler (dawdler%1:18:00::), drone (drone%1:18:00::), laggard (laggard%1:18:00::), lagger (lagger%1:18:00::), trailer (trailer%1:18:00::), poke (poke%1:18:00::) (someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind)
• S: (n) drone (drone%1:06:01::), pilotless aircraft (pilotless_aircraft%1:06:00::), radio-controlled aircraft (radio-controlled_aircraft%1:06:00::) (an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control)
• S: (n) drone (drone%1:06:00::), drone pipe (drone_pipe%1:06:00::), bourdon (bourdon%1:06:00::) (a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) pipe (pipe%1:06:04::) (a tubular wind instrument)
• S: (n) wind instrument (wind_instrument%1:06:00::), wind (wind%1:06:00::) (a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath)
• S: (n) musical instrument (musical_instrument%1:06:00::), instrument (instrument%1:06:01::) (any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds)
• S: (n) device (device%1:06:00::) (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose) "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"
• S: (n) instrumentality (instrumentality%1:06:00::), instrumentation (instrumentation%1:06:00::) (an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end)
• S: (n) artifact (artifact%1:03:00::), artefact (artefact%1:03:00::) (a man-made object taken as a whole)
• S: (n) whole (whole%1:03:00::), unit (unit%1:03:00::) (an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity) "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"
• S: (n) object (object%1:03:00::), physical object (physical_object%1:03:00::) (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow) "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
• S: (n) physical entity (physical_entity%1:03:00::) (an entity that has physical existence)
• S: (n) entity (entity%1:03:00::) (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• part holonym
• S: (n) bagpipe (bagpipe%1:06:00::) (a tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone)

Verb

• S: (v) drone (drone%2:39:00::) (make a monotonous low dull sound) "The harmonium was droning on"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) drone (drone%2:32:00::), drone on (drone_on%2:32:00::) (talk in a monotonous voice)