| NOUN | animal | drone | stingless male / male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen |
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| communication | drone, monotone, droning | an unchanging intonation | |
| person | drone, dawdler, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke | someone who takes more time than necessary | |
| artifact | drone, pilotless aircraft, radio-controlled aircraft | an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control | |
| artifact | drone, drone pipe, bourdon | a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone | |
| VERB | perception | drone | make a monotonous low dull sound |
| communication | drone, drone on | talk in a monotonous voice |
| Sounds | drow'n | |
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| Rhymes | acetone ... zone: 126 rhymes with own... | |
| Meaning | stingless male / male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen. | |
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| Broader | bee | Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species |
| Spanish | zángano | |
| Catalan | abegot, abellot | |
| Meaning | An unchanging intonation. | |
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| Synonyms | monotone, droning | |
| Broader | intonation, modulation, pitch contour | Rise and fall of the voice pitch |
| Spanish | canturreo, monotonía, monótono | |
| Verbs | drone | talk in a monotonous voice |
| Meaning | someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind. | |
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| Synonyms | dawdler, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke | |
| Narrower | loiterer, lingerer | someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place |
| plodder, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mud, slowcoach | someone who moves slowly | |
| putterer, potterer | A person who putters about | |
| straggler, strayer | someone who strays or falls behind | |
| Broader | idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bum | person who does no work |
| Spanish | ocioso | |
| Catalan | dròpol, mandra, matapà, ociós | |
| Meaning | An aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control. | |
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| Synonyms | pilotless aircraft, radio-controlled aircraft | |
| Broader | heavier-than-air craft | A non-buoyant aircraft that requires a source of power to hold it aloft and to propel it |
| Spanish | avión teledirigido | |
| Catalan | avió teledirigit | |
| Meaning | A pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone. | |
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| Synonyms | drone pipe, bourdon | |
| Part of | bagpipe | A tubular wind instrument |
| Broader | pipe | A tubular wind instrument |
| Spanish | bordón, bourdon | |
| Catalan | bordó, bourdon | |
| Meaning | make a monotonous low dull sound. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Broader | sound, go | make a certain noise or sound |
| Spanish | hablar monótonamente | |
| Catalan | parlar amb cantarella, parlar monòtonament | |
| Nouns | droning | an unchanging intonation |
| Meaning | talk in a monotonous voice. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Model | Sam and Sue drone | |
| Synonym | drone on | |
| Broader | talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise | Express in speech |
| Catalan | parlar amb cantarella, parlar monòtonament | |
| Nouns | drone, droning | an unchanging intonation |
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