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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
drone \drone\ dr=on, v. i. imp.  p. p. droned; p. pr. 
   vb. n. droning. cf. for sense 1 d. dreunen, g.
   dr"ohnen, icel. drynja to roar, drynr a roaring, sw.
   dr"ona to bellow, drone, dan. dr"one, 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
see also:
droned droning drone 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
droning
     adj : noisy like the sound of a bee; "the room was abuzz over the
           latest scandal" syn: abuzz, buzzing
     n : an unchanging intonation syn: monotone, drone
see also:
abuzz buzzing monotone drone 
[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
38 moby thesaurus words for "droning":
   birring, bombilation, bombinating, bombination, booming, burring,
   buzzing, drone, gabble, gibber, gibbering, hum, humming, jabber,
   jibber, low rumbling, maundering, monotone, monotonic, mouthing,
   mumble, mumbling, murmuring, mutter, muttering, purring,
   soniferous, sonorous, sounded, sounding, susurration, thrumming,
   tonal, toneless, whirring, whisper, whispering, whizzing





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