Drone

n.	1.	(Zool.) The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It gathers no honey. See Honeybee. All with united force combine to drive The lazy drones from the laborious hive. - Dryden.
	2.	One who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard. By living as a drone,to be an unprofitable and unworthy member of so noble and learned a society. - Burton.
	3.	That which gives out a grave or monotonous tone or dull sound; as: (a) A drum. [Obs.] Halliwell. (b) The part of the bagpipe containing the two lowest tubes, which always sound the key note and the fifth.
	4.	A humming or deep murmuring sound. The monotonous drone of the wheel. - Longfellow.
	5.	(Mus.) A monotonous bass, as in a pastoral composition.
v. i.	1.	To utter or make a low, dull, monotonous, humming or murmuring sound. [imp. & p. p. Droned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Droning.] Where the beetle wheels his droning flight. - T. Gray.
	2.	To love in idleness; to do nothing.

Noun	1.	drone - stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
	2.	drone - an unchanging intonation Synonyms: droning, monotone
	3.	drone - someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind Synonyms: dawdler, laggard, lagger, trailer
	4.	drone - an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control Synonyms: pilotless aircraft, radio-controlled aircraft
	5.	drone - a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone Synonyms: bourdon, drone pipe
Verb	1.	drone - make a monotonous low dull sound; "The harmonium was droning on"
	2.	drone - talk in a monotonous voice Synonyms: drone on

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