droning
Meaning of droning
- make a continuous low humming sound.
in the far distance a machine droned
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’.
Information about droning
- It is a verb.
- Languages in which droning is used:
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Hyphenation of droning
dron-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- droning is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
droning synonyms
Meaning abuzz:
Meaning monotone:
Meaning make a low, steady continuous sound like that of a bee:
Meaning make a low, continuous humming sound:
Meaning (of something rapidly rotating or moving to and fro) make a low, continuous, regular sound:
Meaning (of a sound) resonate; continue to be heard:
Meaning say something in a low or indistinct voice:
Meaning make a continuous deep, resonant sound:
Meaning (of a cat) make a low continuous vibratory sound expressing contentment:
Meaning make a sharp sibilant sound as of the letter s:
Meaning speak very softly using one's breath rather than one's throat, especially for the sake of secrecy:
Meaning emit a long, deep audible breath expressing sadness, relief, tiredness, or similar:
Anagrams of droning
Words that rhyme with droning
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