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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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