Found 3 items, similar to drone.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: drone berdengung, dengungan, lebah jantan, menderu
English → English (WordNet) Definition: drone drone v 1: make a monotonous low dull sound; “The harmonium was droning on” 2: talk in a monotonous voice [syn: drone on] drone n 1: stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen 2: an unchanging intonation [syn: monotone, droning] 3: someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind [syn: dawdler, laggard, lagger, trailer] 4: an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control [syn: pilotless aircraft, radio-controlled aircraft ] 5: a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone [syn: drone pipe, bourdon]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Drone Drone \Drone\ (dr[=o]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Droned; p. pr. & vb. n. Droning.] [Cf. (for sense 1) D. dreunen, G. dr["o]hnen, Icel. drynja to roar, drynr a roaring, Sw. dr["o]na to bellow, drone, Dan. dr["o]ne, Goth. drunjus sound, Gr. ? dirge, ? to cry aloud, Skr. dhran to sound. Cf. Drone, n.] 1. To utter or make a low, dull, monotonous, humming or murmuring sound. [1913 Webster] Where the beetle wheels his droning flight. --T. Gray. [1913 Webster] 2. To love in idleness; to do nothing. “Race of droning kings.” --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Drone \Drone\, n. [OE. drane a dronebee, AS. dr[=a]n; akin to OS. dr[=a]n, OHG. treno, G. drohne, Dan. drone, cf. Gr. ? a kind of wasp, dial. Gr. ? drone. Prob. named fr. the droning sound. See Drone, v. i.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It gathers no honey. See Honeybee. [1913 Webster] All with united force combine to drive The lazy drones from the laborious hive. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. One who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard. [1913 Webster] By living as a drone,to be an unprofitable and unworthy member of so noble and learned a society. -- Burton. [1913 Webster] 3. That which gives out a grave or monotonous tone or dull sound; as: (a) A drum. [Obs.] Halliwell. (b) The part of the bagpipe containing the two lowest tubes, which always sound the key note and the fifth. [1913 Webster] 4. A humming or deep murmuring sound. [1913 Webster] The monotonous drone of the wheel. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster] 5. (Mus.) A monotonous bass, as in a pastoral composition. [1913 Webster]