The male of the honey bee. It is smaller than the queen bee, but larger than the working bee. The drones make no honey, but after living a few weeks, they are killed or driven from the hive. Hence,

An idler; a sluggard; one who earns nothing by industry.

A humming or low sound, or the instrument of humming.

The largest tube of the bag-pipe, which emits a continued deep note.

To live in idleness; as a droning king.

To give a low, heavy, dull sound; as the cymbals droning sound.