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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an unchanging intonation;
[syn: monotone, drone, droning]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Drone \Drone\ (dr[=o]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Droned; p. pr. & vb. n. Droning.] [Cf. (for sense 1) D. dreunen, G. dr["o]hnen, Icel. drynja to roar, drynr a roaring, Sw. dr["o]na to bellow, drone, Dan. dr["o]ne, Goth. drunjus sound, Gr. ? dirge, ? to cry aloud, Skr. dhran to sound. Cf. Drone, n.] 1. To utter or make a low, dull, monotonous, humming or murmuring sound. [1913 Webster] Where the beetle wheels his droning flight. --T. Gray. [1913 Webster] 2. To love in idleness; to do nothing. "Race of droning kings." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

droning n 1: an unchanging intonation [syn: monotone, drone, droning]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

38 Moby Thesaurus words for "droning": birring, bombilation, bombinating, bombination, booming, burring, buzzing, drone, gabble, gibber, gibbering, hum, humming, jabber, jibber, low rumbling, maundering, monotone, monotonic, mouthing, mumble, mumbling, murmuring, mutter, muttering, purring, soniferous, sonorous, sounded, sounding, susurration, thrumming, tonal, toneless, whirring, whisper, whispering, whizzing