Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Droning"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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