drone
ഡ്രോൺ
definition
verb
in the far distance a machine droned
make a continuous low humming sound.
noun
he nodded off to the drone of the car engine
a low continuous humming sound.
According to scientific descriptions, a honeybee colony consists of one queen, several thousand worker bees, and at certain times of the year, a few to several thousand drones , or male bees.
a male bee in a colony of social bees, which does no work but can fertilize a queen.
example
Occupying every single empty seat in sight, the crowd's continuous 'drone' echoed within the tall tent.
Overhead, a 'drone' whirred menacingly, and a helicopter gunship cruised the coast.
Well, no sounds today, of course, as whoever it is must be at work, so the only sound from this house is the endless 'drone' of daytime TV, which I have spent much of the day summoning up the energy to turn off.
We were silent for a few moments, the 'drone' of the lesson buzzing like a fly in my ears.
Viceroy's voice was still a monotonous 'drone' , and I wanted to slap him just to see that he could still talk and/or yell with emotion.
In the background, cameras whirred like demented bluebottles, adding their 'drone' to the low buzz of conversation.
Very few listened to the monotonous 'drone' of the teacher as he explained proofs and parabolas.
Noises such as the 'drone' of cicadas, the crackling of branches, flies buzzing, and the calls of birds had drowned out in her thoughts.
As the track moves along, the static, rumbles, guitar notes, and drones all mix together, with the 'drone' slowly building and dominating the proceedings.
The marching of our feet rings out in unison, an endless 'drone' accompanied by the clattering hooves of the knights' horses.
For those who might not know, drones cannot sting, but, of course most people are not aware of this fact; and anyway how could you tell whether a bee was a 'drone' or not in a darkened cinema?
Tobias couldn't hear himself scream over the 'drone' of planes and noise of the explosions rattling the earth all around him.
Even when warm and cruising on the motorway it gives off a 'drone' , and tyre noise also intrudes.
And the thunder-like 'drone' of its eight engines strikes fear into troops below.
With a nuclear ballistic missile against a 'drone' , a near miss was counted as a hit.
only twenty minutes of the hour-long 'drone' had passed
My brother hummed turbine noises, but the 'drone' of thunder muted him.
How else can they 'drone' on about the same boring subject continuously?
Gliders and microlights have replaced wartime bombers at Rufforth Airfield, and they fly over a York very different to that which once echoed to the 'drone' of the Halifax engines.
For example, you can select a small portion of a steady-state sound such as a 'drone' or a gong roll.
the 'drone' rose by a third to A
The foreman on that building site was approached last week about it and I will continue to 'drone' on about it until is has been sorted.
The silence outside. Living so close to Kennedy Airport, the sound of planes getting ready to land is a constant 'drone' throughout the day.
Across the Channel the night thundered with the 'drone' of 1,700 planes.
he nodded off to the 'drone' of the car engine
Masses of mankind arose from inexpensive seating, emitting a 'drone' of noise, noises, actually, as small groups of people conversed about a number of subjects.
only twenty minutes of the hour-long 'drone' had passed
She looked at it now, while she tuned out the monotonous 'drone' of her teacher's ramblings.
As she walked along the streets of Manhattan, the consistent 'drone' of the cars fading into the background, she began to wonder about her going to New York in the first place.
Track two of this CD starts with a low 'drone' and the sound of rain falling gently.
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