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drone
Overview of noun drone
The noun drone has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) drone -- (stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen)
2. (1) monotone, drone, droning -- (an unchanging intonation)
3. dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke -- (someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind)
4. drone, pilotless aircraft, radio-controlled aircraft -- (an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control)
5. drone, drone pipe, bourdon -- (a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone)
Overview of verb drone
The verb drone has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. drone -- (make a monotonous low dull sound; "The harmonium was droning on")
2. drone, drone on -- (talk in a monotonous voice)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun drone
5 senses of drone
Sense 1
drone
=> bee
=> hymenopterous insect, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopter
=> insect
=> arthropod
=> invertebrate
=> animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
monotone, drone, droning
=> intonation, modulation, pitch contour
=> prosody, inflection
=> manner of speaking, speech, delivery
=> expressive style, style
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke
=> idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bum
=> nonworker
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
drone, pilotless aircraft, radio-controlled aircraft
=> heavier-than-air craft
=> aircraft
=> craft
=> vehicle
=> conveyance, transport
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 5
drone, drone pipe, bourdon
=> pipe, tabor pipe
=> flageolet, treble recorder, shepherd's pipe
=> fipple flute, fipple pipe, recorder, vertical flute
=> woodwind, woodwind instrument, wood
=> wind instrument, wind
=> musical instrument, instrument
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun drone
1 of 5 senses of drone
Sense 3
dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke
=> loiterer, lingerer
=> plodder, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mud, slowcoach
=> putterer, potterer
=> straggler, strayer
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun drone
5 senses of drone
Sense 1
drone
=> bee
Sense 2
monotone, drone, droning
=> intonation, modulation, pitch contour
Sense 3
dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke
=> idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bum
Sense 4
drone, pilotless aircraft, radio-controlled aircraft
=> heavier-than-air craft
Sense 5
drone, drone pipe, bourdon
=> pipe, tabor pipe
Antonyms of noun drone
Member Holonyms of noun drone
Substance Holonyms of noun drone
Part Holonyms of noun drone
1 of 5 senses of drone
Sense 5
drone, drone pipe, bourdon
PART OF: bagpipe, pipe
Member Meronyms of noun drone
Substance Meronyms of noun drone
Part Meronyms of noun drone
Meronyms of noun drone
Holonyms of noun drone
1 of 5 senses of drone
Sense 5
drone, drone pipe, bourdon
PART OF: bagpipe, pipe
Attributes of noun drone
Derived Forms of noun drone
1 of 5 senses of drone
Sense 2
monotone, drone, droning
RELATED TO>(verb) drone#2
=> drone, drone on
Domain of noun drone
Domain Terms of noun drone
Familiarity of noun drone
drone used as a noun is common (polysemy count =5)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun drone
5 senses of drone
Sense 1
drone
> bee
=> drone
=> honeybee, Apis mellifera
=> carpenter bee
=> bumblebee, humblebee
=> cuckoo-bumblebee
=> andrena, andrenid, mining bee
=> Nomia melanderi, alkali bee
=> leaf-cutting bee, leaf-cutter, leaf-cutter bee
=> mason bee
=> potter bee
Sense 2
monotone, drone, droning
> intonation, modulation, pitch contour
=> intonation pattern
=> monotone, drone, droning
=> singsong
Sense 3
dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke
> idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bum
=> clock watcher
=> couch potato
=> dallier, dillydallier, dilly-dallier, mope, lounger
=> dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke
=> daydreamer, woolgatherer
=> goldbrick, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, no-account, good-for-naught
=> lazybones
=> lie-abed, slugabed
=> loon
=> slacker, shirker
=> sluggard, slug
=> spiv
=> sunbather
=> trifler
=> whittler
Sense 4
drone, pilotless aircraft, radio-controlled aircraft
> heavier-than-air craft
=> airplane, aeroplane, plane
=> autogiro, autogyro, gyroplane
=> drone, pilotless aircraft, radio-controlled aircraft
=> glider, sailplane
=> helicopter, chopper, whirlybird, eggbeater
=> orthopter, ornithopter
=> warplane, military plane
Sense 5
drone, drone pipe, bourdon
> pipe, tabor pipe
=> chanter, melody pipe
=> drone, drone pipe, bourdon
=> pitch pipe
Meronyms of noun drone
5 senses of drone
Sense 1
drone
=> bee
=> hymenopterous insect, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopter
=> insect
HAS PART: clypeus
HAS PART: wing
HAS PART: bastard wing, alula, spurious wing
HAS PART: flight feather, pinion, quill, quill feather
HAS PART: ala
HAS PART: air sac
HAS PART: thorax
HAS PART: mentum
=> arthropod
HAS PART: sclerite
HAS PART: carapace, shell, cuticle, shield
HAS PART: apodeme
HAS PART: arthromere
HAS PART: thorax
=> invertebrate
HAS PART: foot, invertebrate foot
HAS PART: peristome
=> animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
HAS SUBSTANCE: animal tissue
HAS PART: head, caput
HAS PART: muzzle
HAS PART: snout, neb
HAS PART: ear
HAS PART: vestibule of the ear
HAS PART: eardrum, tympanum, tympanic membrane, myringa
HAS PART: umbo
HAS PART: organ of hearing
HAS PART: fenestra
HAS PART: auricular artery, arteria auricularis
HAS PART: basilar artery, arteria basilaris
HAS PART: brain, encephalon
HAS PART: circle of Willis
HAS PART: communicating artery, arteria communicans
HAS PART: brain cell
HAS PART: neencephalon, neoencephalon
HAS PART: forebrain, prosencephalon
HAS PART: peduncle, cerebral peduncle
HAS PART: corpus callosum
HAS PART: telencephalon
HAS PART: cerebrum
HAS PART: fissure of Rolando, Rolando's fissure, central sulcus, sulcus centralis
HAS PART: fissure of Sylvius, Sylvian fissure, lateral cerebral sulcus, sulcus lateralis cerebri
HAS PART: hemisphere, cerebral hemisphere
HAS PART: cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, pallium, cortex
HAS PART: Golgi's cell, Golgi cell
HAS PART: cortical area, cortical region
HAS PART: frontal lobe
HAS PART: frontal area, frontal cortex
HAS PART: frontal gyrus
HAS PART: precentral gyrus
HAS PART: prefrontal lobe
HAS PART: parietal lobe
HAS PART: parietal gyrus
HAS PART: postcentral gyrus
HAS PART: occipital lobe
HAS PART: calcarine sulcus, calcarine fissure
HAS PART: occipital gyrus
HAS PART: temporal lobe
HAS PART: temporal gyrus
HAS PART: amygdala, amygdaloid nucleus, corpus amygdaloideum
HAS PART: gyrus, convolution
HAS PART: diencephalon, interbrain, betweenbrain, thalmencephalon
HAS PART: mamillary body, mammillary body, corpus mamillare
HAS PART: infundibulum
HAS PART: third eye, pineal eye
HAS PART: optic nerve, nervus opticus, second cranial nerve, optic tract
HAS PART: pituitary, pituitary gland, pituitary body, hypophysis
HAS PART: hypophyseal stalk
HAS PART: anterior pituitary, anterior pituitary gland, adenohypophysis
HAS PART: pars distilis, pars anterior
HAS PART: posterior pituitary, posterior pituitary gland, neurohypophysis, pars nervosa
HAS PART: pars intermedia
HAS PART: basal ganglion
HAS PART: thalamus
HAS PART: geniculate body
HAS PART: subthalamus
HAS PART: subthalamic nucleus
HAS PART: hypothalamus
HAS PART: midbrain, mesencephalon
HAS PART: substantia nigra, nucleus niger, locus niger
HAS PART: superior colliculus
HAS PART: inferior colliculus
HAS PART: hindbrain, rhombencephalon
HAS PART: cerebellum
HAS PART: cerebellar artery, arteria cerebelli
HAS PART: cerebellar hemisphere
HAS PART: dentate nucleus
HAS PART: vermis, vermis cerebelli
HAS PART: paleocerebellum
HAS PART: myelencephalon
HAS PART: brainstem, brain-stem, brain stem
HAS PART: medulla oblongata, medulla, bulb
HAS PART: respiratory center
HAS PART: pons, pons Varolii
HAS PART: respiratory center
HAS PART: reticular formation, RF
HAS PART: reticular activating system, RAS
HAS PART: ventricle
HAS PART: spinal fluid, cerebrospinal fluid
HAS PART: skull
HAS PART: craniometric point
HAS PART: cheekbone, zygomatic bone, zygomatic, malar, malar bone, jugal bone, os zygomaticum
HAS PART: jugale, jugal point
HAS PART: zygoma, zygomatic arch, arcus zygomaticus
HAS PART: zygomatic process
HAS PART: sphenoid bone, sphenoid, os sphenoidale
HAS PART: crotaphion
HAS PART: pterygoid process
HAS PART: eye socket, orbit, cranial orbit, orbital cavity
HAS PART: lacrimal bone
HAS PART: endocranium
HAS PART: cranium, braincase, brainpan
HAS PART: asterion
HAS PART: stephanion
HAS PART: ethmoid, ethmoid bone
HAS PART: temporal bone, os temporale
HAS PART: glenoid fossa, mandibular fossa
HAS PART: tympanic bone
HAS PART: mastoid, mastoid process, mastoid bone, mastoidal
HAS PART: mastoidale
HAS PART: styloid process
HAS PART: calvaria, skullcap
HAS PART: frontal bone, os frontale, forehead
HAS PART: glabella, mesophyron
HAS PART: metopion
HAS PART: ophryon
HAS PART: frontal eminence
HAS PART: parietal bone
HAS PART: entomion
HAS PART: sphenion
HAS PART: occipital bone
HAS PART: inion
HAS PART: occipital protuberance
HAS PART: coronal suture, sutura coronalis
HAS PART: frontal suture, sutura frontalis
HAS PART: lamboid suture, sutura lamboidea
HAS PART: occipitomastoid suture
HAS PART: parietomastoid suture
HAS PART: sagittal suture, interparietal suture, sutura sagittalis
HAS PART: fontanelle, fontanel, soft spot
HAS PART: foramen magnum
HAS PART: jaw
HAS PART: alveolar arch
HAS PART: alveolar ridge, gum ridge, alveolar process
HAS PART: tooth socket, alveolus
HAS PART: alveolar artery, arteria alveolaris
HAS PART: vomer
HAS PART: face, human face
HAS PART: beard, face fungus, whiskers
HAS PART: mustache, moustache
HAS PART: mouth
HAS PART: mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris
HAS PART: dentition, teeth
HAS PART: tongue, lingua, glossa, clapper
HAS PART: tastebud, taste bud, gustatory organ
HAS PART: neuroepithelium
HAS PART: taste cell, gustatory cell
HAS PART: buccal cavity
HAS PART: gingiva, gum
HAS PART: palate, roof of the mouth
HAS PART: tastebud, taste bud, gustatory organ
HAS PART: neuroepithelium
HAS PART: taste cell, gustatory cell
HAS PART: soft palate, velum
HAS PART: uvula
HAS PART: hard palate
HAS PART: salivary gland
HAS PART: saliva, spit, spittle
HAS PART: lip
HAS PART: labial artery, arteria labialis
HAS PART: labial vein, vena labialis
HAS PART: lingual artery, arteria lingualis
HAS PART: lingual vein, vena lingualis
HAS PART: eye, oculus, optic
HAS PART: choroid, choroid coat
HAS PART: ciliary body
HAS PART: eyelid, lid, palpebra
HAS PART: eyelash, lash, cilium
HAS PART: conjunctiva
HAS PART: canthus
HAS PART: epicanthus, epicanthic fold
HAS PART: nictitating membrane, third eyelid
HAS PART: conjunctiva
HAS PART: eyeball, orb
HAS PART: ocular muscle, eye muscle
HAS PART: cornea
HAS PART: uvea
HAS PART: iris
HAS PART: pupil
HAS PART: lens, crystalline lens
HAS PART: lens capsule
HAS PART: central artery of the retina, arteria centralis retinae
HAS PART: ciliary artery, arteria ciliaris
HAS PART: lacrimal artery, arteria lacrimalis
HAS PART: lacrimal vein, vena lacrimalis
HAS PART: lacrimal apparatus
HAS PART: lacrimal gland, lachrymal gland, tear gland
HAS PART: lacrimal duct, lachrymal duct, tear duct
HAS PART: lacrimal sac, tear sac, dacryocyst
HAS PART: retina
HAS PART: neuroepithelium
HAS PART: fovea, fovea centralis
HAS PART: parafovea
HAS PART: macula, macula lutea, macular area, yellow spot
HAS PART: visual cell
HAS PART: blind spot, optic disc, optic disk
HAS PART: cone, cone cell, retinal cone
HAS PART: iodopsin
HAS PART: rod, rod cell, retinal rod
HAS PART: visual purple, rhodopsin, retinal purple
HAS PART: sclera, sclerotic coat
HAS PART: pupillary sphincter, musculus sphincter pupillae
HAS PART: aperture
HAS PART: eyebrow, brow, supercilium
HAS PART: venae palpebrales
HAS PART: facial vein, vena facialis
HAS PART: facial, facial nerve, nervus facialis, seventh cranial nerve
HAS PART: nose, olfactory organ
HAS PART: turbinate bone, turbinate, turbinal
HAS PART: ethmoidal artery, arteria ethmoidalis
HAS PART: nasal cavity
HAS PART: neuroepithelium
HAS PART: internasal suture, sutura internasalis
HAS PART: bridge
HAS PART: nasal, nasal bone, os nasale
HAS PART: rhinion
HAS PART: nostril, anterior naris
HAS PART: chin, mentum
HAS PART: goatee
HAS PART: feature, lineament
HAS PART: facial muscle
HAS PART: brow, forehead
HAS PART: trichion, crinion
HAS PART: cheek
HAS PART: cheek muscle, buccinator muscle, musculus buccinator
HAS PART: buccal artery, arteria buccalis
HAS PART: jowl
HAS PART: jaw
HAS PART: temple
HAS PART: face
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 3
dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke
=> idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bum
=> nonworker
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 4
drone, pilotless aircraft, radio-controlled aircraft
=> heavier-than-air craft
=> aircraft
HAS PART: aircraft engine
HAS PART: bay
HAS PART: cabin
HAS PART: cockpit
HAS PART: canopy
HAS PART: ejection seat, ejector seat, capsule
HAS PART: fuel system
HAS PART: accelerator, throttle, throttle valve
HAS PART: carburetor, carburettor
HAS PART: air horn
HAS PART: air-intake
HAS PART: butterfly valve
HAS PART: venturi
HAS PART: choke
HAS PART: fuel filter
HAS PART: fuel gauge, fuel indicator
HAS PART: fuel line, gas line
HAS PART: gasoline gauge, gasoline gage, gas gauge, gas gage
HAS PART: gas tank, gasoline tank
HAS PART: intake manifold
HAS PART: pump
HAS PART: cylinder, piston chamber
HAS PART: intake valve
HAS PART: nose
HAS PART: skeleton, skeletal frame, frame, underframe
HAS PART: skin
=> craft
=> vehicle
HAS PART: splashboard, splasher, dashboard
=> conveyance, transport
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 5
drone, drone pipe, bourdon
=> pipe, tabor pipe
=> flageolet, treble recorder, shepherd's pipe
=> fipple flute, fipple pipe, recorder, vertical flute
=> woodwind, woodwind instrument, wood
HAS PART: finger hole
HAS PART: thumbhole
=> wind instrument, wind
HAS PART: bell
HAS PART: mouthpiece, embouchure
=> musical instrument, instrument
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun drone
1 of 5 senses of drone
Sense 5
drone, drone pipe, bourdon
PART OF: bagpipe, pipe
Grep of noun drone
don luchino visconti conte di modrone
drone
drone pipe
norethindrone
padrone
Antonyms of verb drone
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb drone
2 senses of drone
Sense 1
drone
=> sound, go
=> cause to be perceived
Sense 2
drone, drone on
=> talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb drone
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb drone
2 senses of drone
Sense 1
drone
=> sound, go
Sense 2
drone, drone on
=> talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
'Cause To' of verb drone
Derived Forms of verb drone
2 senses of drone
Sense 1
drone
RELATED TO>(noun) droning#1
=> monotone, drone, droning
Sense 2
drone, drone on
RELATED TO>(noun) drone#2
=> monotone, drone, droning
RELATED TO>(noun) droning#1
=> monotone, drone, droning
Domain of verb drone
Domain Terms of verb drone
Familiarity of verb drone
drone used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb drone
2 senses of drone
Sense 1
drone
*> Something ----s
Sense 2
drone, drone on
EX: Sam and Sue drone
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb drone
2 senses of drone
Sense 1
drone
> sound, go
=> snarl
=> whistle, sing
=> blow
=> ting
=> make noise, resound, noise
=> splat
=> twang
=> clang, clangor
=> clank
=> clangor, clangour
=> boom, boom out
=> drum, beat, thrum
=> rattle
=> tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat
=> resonate, vibrate
=> tweet, twirp
=> skirl
=> gurgle
=> glug
=> blow
=> whish
=> guggle
=> ping
=> pink, ping, knock
=> trump
=> squelch
=> chug
=> ring, peal
=> buzz, bombinate, bombilate
=> chime
=> rustle
=> snap, crack
=> crack
=> honk, blare, beep, claxon, toot
=> whistle
=> resound, echo, ring, reverberate
=> thud, thump
=> clop, clump, clunk, plunk
=> patter, pitter-patter
=> tap, rap, knock, pink
=> click, tick
=> chatter, click
=> pop
=> tinkle, tink, clink, chink
=> splash, splosh, slosh, slush
=> hum, thrum
=> bleep
=> rumble, grumble
=> boom, din
=> bang
=> ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle
=> lap, swish, swosh, swoosh
=> drone
=> whizz, whiz, whirr, whir, birr, purr
=> roll
Sense 2
drone, drone on
> talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
=> read
=> vocalize, vocalise, phonate
=> troll
=> begin
=> lip off, shoot one's mouth off
=> shout
=> whisper
=> peep
=> speak up
=> snap, snarl
=> enthuse
=> speak in tongues
=> swallow
=> verbalize, verbalise
=> whiff
=> talk of, talk about
=> blubber, blubber out
=> drone, drone on
=> bumble, stutter, stammer, falter
=> rasp
=> blurt out, blurt, blunder out, blunder, ejaculate
=> tone, inflect, modulate
=> deliver, present
=> generalize, generalise
=> chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble
=> chatter
=> yack, jaw, yack away, rattle on, yap away
=> open up
=> snivel, whine
=> murmur
=> mumble, mutter, maunder, mussitate
=> slur
=> bark
=> bay
=> rant, mouth off, jabber, spout, rabbit on, rave
=> hiss, sizz, siss, sibilate
=> cackle
=> babble
=> tone, chant, intone
=> gulp
=> sing
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb drone
Sense 1
drone
=> sound, go
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Sense 2
drone, drone on
=> talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
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Grep of verb drone
drone
drone on
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