Thesaurus: drone

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1. v. i. The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It gathers no honey. See Honeybee.
2. v. i. One who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard.
3. v. i. A humming or deep murmuring sound.
4. v. i. A monotonous bass, as in a pastoral composition.
5. n. To utter or make a low, dull, monotonous, humming or murmuring sound.
6. n. To love in idleness; to do nothing.
7. n. stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
8. n. an unchanging intonation
9. n. someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
10. n. an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control
11. n. a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone