1/20/2021 · Definition of drone (Entry 2 of 3) in transitive verb. 1 a : to make a sustained deep murmuring, humming, or buzzing sound droning bees The air conditioner droned. b : to talk in a persistently dull or monotonous tone droning on and on about his health.
verb ( used with object), droned, dron·ing. to say in a dull, monotonous tone.
Verb . droning. present participle of drone Noun . droning (plural dronings) A dull humming. Anagrams . Grondin, What does droning mean? A dull humming. ( noun ) Liked the line ‘ feeling small, inner enemies standing tall ‘, droning chords driving the melody along.
1 verb If something drones, it makes a low, continuous, dull noise. Above him an invisible plane droned through the night sky. V …a virtually non-stop droning noise in the background. V-ing Drone is also a noun .
n-sing usu N of n …the constant drone of the motorways.
to die under water or other liquid of suffocation. verb (used with object) to kill by submerging under water or other liquid. to destroy or get rid of by, or as if by, immersion: He drowned his.
I fell asleep to the sound of their voices droning through the warm afternoon. Word Origin. Old English dr?n, dræ?n ‘male bee’, from a West Germanic verb meaning ‘resound, boom’ related to Dutch dreunen ‘to drone’, German dröhnen ‘to roar’, and Swedish dröna ‘to drowse’. Phrasal Verbs. drone on.
drone Definitions and Synonyms. . verb intransitive. UK /dr??n/. Other entries for this word. +. -. drone noun. drone on phrasal verb.
Over the droning of the hymn she caught the sound of a horse’s hoofs on the road.: Over there a formation of A flight, umpty Squadron, will perhaps be droning back from a hundred-mile reconnaissance.: It was the animal in the desert droning and purring to itself in excess of ease.: Naught was heard save the droning of the students and the sough of the wind in the forest.
