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drone
(encz) | drone,bezpilotní letoun n: web |
drone
(encz) | drone,letadlo bez pilota n: Zdeněk Brož |
drone
(encz) | drone,trubec n: Zdeněk Brož |
Drone
(gcide) | Drone \Drone\, n. [OE. drane a dronebee, AS. dr[=a]n; akin to
OS. dr[=a]n, OHG. treno, G. drohne, Dan. drone, cf. Gr. ? a
kind of wasp, dial. Gr. ? drone. Prob. named fr. the droning
sound. See Drone, v. i.]
1. (Zool.) The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It gathers
no honey. See Honeybee.
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All with united force combine to drive
The lazy drones from the laborious hive. --Dryden.
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2. One who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle
fellow; a sluggard.
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By living as a drone,to be an unprofitable and
unworthy member of so noble and learned a society.
-- Burton.
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3. That which gives out a grave or monotonous tone or dull
sound; as:
(a) A drum. [Obs.] Halliwell.
(b) The part of the bagpipe containing the two lowest
tubes, which always sound the key note and the fifth.
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4. A humming or deep murmuring sound.
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The monotonous drone of the wheel. --Longfellow.
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5. (Mus.) A monotonous bass, as in a pastoral composition.
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Drone
(gcide) | 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.
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Where the beetle wheels his droning flight. --T.
Gray.
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2. To love in idleness; to do nothing. "Race of droning
kings." --Dryden.
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drone
(wn) | drone
n 1: stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially
honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
2: an unchanging intonation [syn: monotone, drone,
droning]
3: someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags
behind [syn: dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger,
trailer, poke]
4: an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote
control [syn: drone, pilotless aircraft, {radio-
controlled aircraft}]
5: a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single
continuous tone [syn: drone, drone pipe, bourdon]
v 1: make a monotonous low dull sound; "The harmonium was
droning on"
2: talk in a monotonous voice [syn: drone, drone on] |
drone
(jargon) | drone
n.
Ignorant sales or customer service personnel in computer or electronics
superstores. Characterized by a lack of even superficial knowledge about
the products they sell, yet possessed of the conviction that they are more
competent than their hacker customers. Usage: “That video board probably
sucks, it was recommended by a drone at Fry's” In the year 2000, their
natural habitats include Fry's Electronics, Best Buy, and CompUSA.
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drone on
(mass) | drone on
- mrmlať |
drone on
(encz) | drone on,brumlat v: Zdeněk Broždrone on,huhlat v: Zdeněk Broždrone on,mumlat v: Zdeněk Brož |
drone pipe
(encz) | drone pipe, n: |
droned
(encz) | droned, |
drones
(encz) | drones,bezpilotní letouny n: webdrones,hučí v: Zdeněk Broždrones,trubci n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
hydronephrosis
(encz) | hydronephrosis,hydronefróza Zdeněk Brož |
norethindrone
(encz) | norethindrone, n: |
norethindrone acetate
(encz) | norethindrone acetate, n: |
padrone
(encz) | padrone,patron, ve středomoří kapitán lodi n: Petr Prášekpadrone,šéf n: Petr Prášekpadrone,šéf pouliční skupiny žebravých výrostků n: Petr Prášekpadrone,vinárník (v Itálii) n: Petr Prášekpadrone,zaměstnavatel Italů nebo Řeků (zejm. v USA) n: [amer.] Petr
Prášek |
hydronefróza
(czen) | hydronefróza,hydronephrosis Zdeněk Brož |
chinhydrone
(gcide) | Quinhydrone \Quin*hy"drone\, n. [Quinone + hydroquinone.]
(Chem.)
A green crystalline substance formed by the union of quinone
with hydroquinone, or as an intermediate product in the
oxidation of hydroquinone or the reduction of quinone.
[Written also chinhydrone.]
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Dendronessa galericulata
(gcide) | mandarin duck \mandarin duck\ n.
A showy crested Asiatic duck (Aix galericulata, formerly
Dendronessa galericulata), often domesticated, and regarded
by the Chinese as an emblem of conjugal affection.
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Dendronessa galeriliculata
(gcide) | Duck \Duck\, n. [OE. duke, doke. See Duck, v. t. ]
1. (Zool.) Any bird of the subfamily Anatin[ae], family
Anatid[ae].
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Note: The genera and species are numerous. They are divided
into river ducks and sea ducks. Among the former
are the common domestic duck (Anas boschas); the wood
duck (Aix sponsa); the beautiful mandarin duck of
China (Dendronessa galeriliculata); the Muscovy duck,
originally of South America (Cairina moschata). Among
the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc.
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2. A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the
person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.
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Here be, without duck or nod,
Other trippings to be trod. --Milton.
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Bombay duck (Zool.), a fish. See Bummalo.
Buffel duck, Spirit duck. See Buffel duck.
Duck ant (Zool.), a species of white ant in Jamaica which
builds large nests in trees.
Duck barnacle. (Zool.) See Goose barnacle.
Duck hawk. (Zool.)
(a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon.
(b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard.
Duck mole (Zool.), a small aquatic mammal of Australia,
having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck
(Ornithorhynchus anatinus). It belongs the subclass
Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird
or reptile; -- called also duckbill, platypus,
mallangong, mullingong, tambreet, and water mole.
To make ducks and drakes, to throw a flat stone obliquely,
so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of
the water, raising a succession of jets; hence:
To play at ducks and drakes, with property, to throw it
away heedlessly or squander it foolishly and unprofitably.
Lame duck. See under Lame.
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Drone
(gcide) | Drone \Drone\, n. [OE. drane a dronebee, AS. dr[=a]n; akin to
OS. dr[=a]n, OHG. treno, G. drohne, Dan. drone, cf. Gr. ? a
kind of wasp, dial. Gr. ? drone. Prob. named fr. the droning
sound. See Drone, v. i.]
1. (Zool.) The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It gathers
no honey. See Honeybee.
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All with united force combine to drive
The lazy drones from the laborious hive. --Dryden.
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2. One who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle
fellow; a sluggard.
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By living as a drone,to be an unprofitable and
unworthy member of so noble and learned a society.
-- Burton.
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3. That which gives out a grave or monotonous tone or dull
sound; as:
(a) A drum. [Obs.] Halliwell.
(b) The part of the bagpipe containing the two lowest
tubes, which always sound the key note and the fifth.
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4. A humming or deep murmuring sound.
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The monotonous drone of the wheel. --Longfellow.
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5. (Mus.) A monotonous bass, as in a pastoral composition.
[1913 Webster]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.
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Where the beetle wheels his droning flight. --T.
Gray.
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2. To love in idleness; to do nothing. "Race of droning
kings." --Dryden.
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Drone bee
(gcide) | Drone bee \Drone" bee`\ (Zool.)
The male of the honeybee; a drone.
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Drone fly
(gcide) | Drone fly \Drone" fly`\ (Zool.)
A dipterous insect (Eristalis tenax), resembling the drone
bee. See Eristalis.
[1913 Webster]Eristalis \E*ris"ta*lis\, n. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of dipterous insects whose young (called rat-tailed
larv[ae]) are remarkable for their long tapering tail, which
spiracles at the tip, and for their ability to live in very
impure and salt waters; -- also called drone fly. Eristic |
drone fly
(gcide) | Drone fly \Drone" fly`\ (Zool.)
A dipterous insect (Eristalis tenax), resembling the drone
bee. See Eristalis.
[1913 Webster]Eristalis \E*ris"ta*lis\, n. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of dipterous insects whose young (called rat-tailed
larv[ae]) are remarkable for their long tapering tail, which
spiracles at the tip, and for their ability to live in very
impure and salt waters; -- also called drone fly. Eristic |
Droned
(gcide) | 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.
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Where the beetle wheels his droning flight. --T.
Gray.
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2. To love in idleness; to do nothing. "Race of droning
kings." --Dryden.
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Dronepipe
(gcide) | Dronepipe \Drone"pipe`\, n.
One of the low-toned tubes of a bagpipe.
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Hydronephrosis
(gcide) | Hydronephrosis \Hy`dro*ne*phro"sis\, n. [NL., Gr. "y`dwr water +
? a kidney.] (Med.)
An accumulation of urine in the pelvis of the kidney,
occasioned by obstruction in the urinary passages.
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Ladrone
(gcide) | Ladrone \La*drone"\, n. [Sp. ladron, L. latro servant, robber,
Gr. (?) a servant.]
A robber; a pirate; hence, loosely, a rogue or rascal.
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norethindrone
(gcide) | norethandrolone \norethandrolone\, norethindrone
\norethindrone\n.
1. a progestin compound used in oral contraceptives and to
treat endometriosis.
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Padrone
(gcide) | Padrone \Pa*dro"ne\, n.; pl. It. Padroni, E. Padrones. [It.
See Patron.]
1. A patron; a protector.
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2. The master of a small coaster in the Mediterranean.
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3. A man who imports, and controls the earnings of, Italian
laborers, street musicians, etc.
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Padrones
(gcide) | Padrone \Pa*dro"ne\, n.; pl. It. Padroni, E. Padrones. [It.
See Patron.]
1. A patron; a protector.
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2. The master of a small coaster in the Mediterranean.
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3. A man who imports, and controls the earnings of, Italian
laborers, street musicians, etc.
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Quinhydrone
(gcide) | Quinhydrone \Quin*hy"drone\, n. [Quinone + hydroquinone.]
(Chem.)
A green crystalline substance formed by the union of quinone
with hydroquinone, or as an intermediate product in the
oxidation of hydroquinone or the reduction of quinone.
[Written also chinhydrone.]
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Squadroned
(gcide) | Squadroned \Squad"roned\ (skw[o^]d"r[u^]nd), a.
Formed into squadrons, or squares. [R.] --Milton.
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don luchino visconti conte di modrone
(wn) | Don Luchino Visconti Conte di Modrone
n 1: Italian filmmaker (1906-1976) [syn: Visconti, {Luchino
Visconti}, Don Luchino Visconti Conte di Modrone] |
drone on
(wn) | drone on
v 1: talk in a monotonous voice [syn: drone, drone on] |
drone pipe
(wn) | drone pipe
n 1: a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single
continuous tone [syn: drone, drone pipe, bourdon] |
hydronephrosis
(wn) | hydronephrosis
n 1: accumulation of urine in the kidney because of an
obstruction in the ureter |
ladrone islands
(wn) | Ladrone Islands
n 1: a chain of coral and volcanic islands in Micronesia
(including Guam and the Northern Marianas) halfway between
New Guinea and Japan; discovered by Magellan in 1521 [syn:
Mariana Islands, Marianas, Ladrone Islands] |
norethindrone
(wn) | norethindrone
n 1: a synthetic progestational hormone (trade name Norlutin)
used in oral contraceptives and to treat endometriosis
[syn: norethindrone, norethindrone acetate,
norethandrolone, Norlutin] |
norethindrone acetate
(wn) | norethindrone acetate
n 1: a synthetic progestational hormone (trade name Norlutin)
used in oral contraceptives and to treat endometriosis
[syn: norethindrone, norethindrone acetate,
norethandrolone, Norlutin] |
padrone
(wn) | padrone
n 1: an owner or proprietor of an inn in Italy
2: an employer who exploits Italian immigrants in the U.S. |
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