A drone is a male bee whose only job — and only purpose in life — is to fertilize the Queen Bee's eggs. That's why some workers who do their jobs robotically, not trying to innovate but just get through each day, are sometimes, and negatively, called drones.
Drone can be a noun and a verb: it is both a low, monotonous sound, like the drone of a boring teacher that makes students struggle to stay awake, and the act of making that sound — that teacher drones on and on, never noticing that everyone is staring out the window. Drone can also be a synonym for "worker bee," either the insect or the worker whose low level of ambition suggests he or she will never rise through the ranks to become a top decision-maker at the company.
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an unchanging intonation
make a monotonous low dull sound
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stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
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someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
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