drone
/dɹoʊn/ noun B2- A male hymenopteran (ant, bee, hornet, or wasp), whose sole primary function is to mate with the queen.
- One who performs menial or tedious work.
- Any remotely operated or autonomous vehicle for land, sea, air, or space. · aerial drones· sea drones
- An aircraft operated by remote control, especially an uncrewed/unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). · Near-synonyms: UAV, UAS, OPV, RPV, FPV· Several images of the compound were obtained via a drone overflight.
- Any remotely operated or autonomous underwater vehicle, especially when multiple such vehicles are operated from a larger vessel. · Near-synonyms: ROV, ROUV, UUV, AUV
- Any watercraft on the water's surface that is remotely operated or autonomous. · Near-synonyms: USV (remotely operated), ASV (autonomous)
- Any UGV (uncrewed ground vehicle).
- A Toyota HiAce or a similar van, especially one used by Ugandan state agents to kidnap opposition members.
Plural drones
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.
An Academician would say that the entertainments of the fashionable world are collections of flowers which attract inconstant butterflies, famished bees, and buzzing drones.
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