Looking for the meaning of the word DRONING in English for both noun and verb forms from the Oxford Dictionary? Below, you can explore all possible meanings and definitions of DRONING with sentence examples. You can also use the “AUDIO PRONUNCIATION” track to check the correct pronunciation in British English.
Word: Drone
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
Old English drān, drǣn ‘male bee’, from a West Germanic verb meaning ‘resound, boom’; related to Dutch dreunen ‘to drone’, German dröhnen ‘to roar’, and Swedish dröna ‘to drowse’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
drəʊn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
make a continuous low humming sound
Short Definition:make humming sound
Examples:- in the far distance a machine droned
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