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We have found lemma(root) word of drones : drone.
Definitions
[drəʊn], (Verb)
Definitions:
- make a continuous low humming sound
(e.g: in the far distance a machine droned)
Phrases:
Origin
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Old English drān, drǣn ‘male bee’, from a West Germanic verb meaning ‘resound, boom’; related to Dutch dreunen ‘to drone’, German dröhnen ‘to roar’, and Swedish dröna ‘to drowse’
[drəʊn], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a continuous low humming sound
(e.g: he nodded off to the drone of the car engine)
- a continuous musical note of low pitch
(e.g: the drone rose by a third to A)
- a male bee in a colony of social bees, which does no work but can fertilize a queen
- a remote-controlled pilotless aircraft or small flying device
(e.g: pilots use remote controls to guide a stealth reconnaissance drone)
Phrases:
Origin
:
Old English drān, drǣn ‘male bee’, from a West Germanic verb meaning ‘resound, boom’; related to Dutch dreunen ‘to drone’, German dröhnen ‘to roar’, and Swedish dröna ‘to drowse’
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