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droning
(encz) | droning,hučení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Droning
(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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droning
(wn) | droning
n 1: an unchanging intonation [syn: monotone, drone,
droning] |
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Droning
(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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