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Droning definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DRONING, ppr. Living in idleness; giving a dull sound.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an unchanging intonation [syn: monotone, drone, droning]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Drone Drone, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Droned; p. pr. & vb. n. Droning.] [Cf. (for sense 1) D. dreunen, G. dr["o]hnen, Icel. drynja to roar, drynr a roaring, Sw. dr["o]na to bellow, drone, Dan. dr["o]ne, 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. Where the beetle wheels his droning flight. --T. Gray. 2. To love in idleness; to do nothing. ``Race of droning kings.'' --Dryden.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see drone

Moby Thesaurus

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