Droning definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary DRONING, ppr. Living in idleness; giving a dull sound. WordNet (r ... 0 (2005) n 1: an unchanging intonation [syn: monotone, drone, droning] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Drone Drone, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Droned; p. pr. & vb. n. Droning.] [Cf. (for sense 1) D. dreunen, G. dr["o]hnen ... monotonous, humming or murmuring sound. Where the beetle wheels his droning flight. --T. Gray. 2. To love in idleness; to do nothing. ``Race of droning kings.'' --Dryden. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary see drone Moby ...
... DRONE, v.i. 1. To live in idleness; as a droning king. 2. To give a low, heavy, dull sound; as the cymbals droning sound. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: stingless male ... with the queen 2: an unchanging intonation [syn: monotone, drone, droning] 3: someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who ... 1: make a monotonous low dull sound; "The harmonium was droning on" 2: talk in a monotonous voice [syn: drone, drone ... 4. a. drudge 1 b. drudge 2 II. verb (droned; droning) Date: circa 1520 intransitive verb 1. a. to make a sustained deep murmuring, humming, or buzzing sound < droning bees > b. to talk in a persistently dull or ...
... v. i. [imp. & p. p. Droned; p. pr. & vb. n. Droning.] [Cf. (for sense 1) D. dreunen, G. dr["o]hnen ... monotonous, humming or murmuring sound. Where the beetle wheels his droning flight. --T. Gray. 2. To love in idleness; to do nothing. ``Race of droning kings.'' --Dryden.
... monotonic, monotonous] n 1: an unchanging intonation [syn: monotone, drone, droning] 2: a single tone repeated with different words or different ... continuum, course, cycle, daily round, descent, dim, dingdong, dreary, drone, droning, endless belt, endless round, even pace, even tenor, file, filiation ...
... n 1: Old World dung beetle that flies with a droning sound Webster's 1913 Dictionary Dorbeetle Dor"bee`tle, n ... A large European scaraboid beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius), which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied to allied ...