drone
/dɹoʊn/ verb C2- To produce a low-pitched hum or buzz.
- To speak in a monotone.
He/she/it drones · Past droned · Past participle droned · -ing form droning
Verb forms
- Base form
- drone
- He/she/it
- drones
- Past
- droned
- Past participle
- droned
- -ing form
- droning
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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And yet the cottage was not deserted, for a low sound came to our ears—a kind of drone of misery and despair which was indescribably melancholy.
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