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I . drone [drəʊn, Am droʊn] N no pl

1. drone (sound):

drone of a machine
Brummen nt
drone of insects
Summen nt
drone of a person
drone of a person
Geleier nt pej

2. drone (male bee):

drone
Drohne f
drone fig pej
Schmarotzer(in) m (f) pej

3. drone MUS:

drone
Bass[ton] m

4. drone MIL:

drone
Drohne f

5. drone (for private entertainment):

drone
Drohne f

II . drone [drəʊn, Am droʊn] VB intr

1. drone (make sound):

drone
drone aircraft, engine

2. drone (speak monotonously):

drone
drone
leiern pej
to drone on

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to drone on

Examples from the Internet (not verified by PONS Editors)

s no place to live, but – out there in space, on your own, hung aloft the night.

The tune was in truth a mechanical drone;

I was a pitiful monkey jigging on cue.

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Kein Ort zum Leben, doch – da draußen im All, ganz allein, hoch droben über der Nacht.

Die Melodie war in Wahrheit ein mechanisches Summen;

ich ein erbärmlicher Affe, der auf Stichwort herumhüpfte.

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