What part of speech is drones?

Drones can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. drones is a verb, present, 3rd person singular of drone (infinitive).
  • 2. drones is a noun, plural of drone.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does drones mean?

Definitions

Verb

drone - talk in a monotonous voice
drone - make a monotonous low dull sound; "The harmonium was droning on"

Noun

drone - a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
drone - stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
drone - an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control
drone - someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
drone - an unchanging intonation

Examples of drones

#   Sentence  
1. noun Amazon wants to use drones to deliver packages.
2. noun France is training eagles to intercept drones.
3. noun Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory raced drones controlled by artificial intelligence (A.I.) against a professional human pilot.
4. noun We are researching drones.
5. noun As bees in early summer swarm apace / through flowery fields, when forth from dale and dell / they lead the full-grown offspring of the race, / or with the liquid honey store each cell, / and make the teeming hive with nectarous sweets to swell. / These ease the comers of their loads, those drive / the drones afar. The busy work each plies, / and sweet with thyme and honey smells the hive.
6. noun Iran is capable of shooting down American drones.
7. noun Iran has the technology to shoot American drones.
8. noun Algeria makes drones.
9. noun The police use drones equipped with cameras and loudspeakers to find illegal gatherings and disperse crowds.
10. noun Conservationists in Australia are hoping infrared drones might help save the remaining koala population in New South Wales.
11. noun Firefighters have been using drones equipped with thermal imaging cameras to locate the origin of the fires.
12. noun Silent drones victimize more people.
13. noun The Chula Vista police department in California is using drones to help catch suspects and assess situations on the ground before police arrive.
14. noun Drones will be useful for transporting life-saving drugs.
15. noun Researchers have now made about 20 tiny so-called harmonic radar tags that are fitted to insects. They would then be tracked by a swarm of drones.
16. verb He just drones on and on but hardly even touches on what we need to know for the test.
17. verb While you drone on abbout preserving the standard of living for the middle class, our parents are dying of hypothermia.
18. verb While you drone on abbout preserving the standard of living for the middle class, our parents are dying of hypothermia.
Sentence  
noun
Amazon wants to use drones to deliver packages.
France is training eagles to intercept drones.
Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory raced drones controlled by artificial intelligence (A.I.) against a professional human pilot.
We are researching drones.
As bees in early summer swarm apace / through flowery fields, when forth from dale and dell / they lead the full-grown offspring of the race, / or with the liquid honey store each cell, / and make the teeming hive with nectarous sweets to swell. / These ease the comers of their loads, those drive / the drones afar. The busy work each plies, / and sweet with thyme and honey smells the hive.
Iran is capable of shooting down American drones.
Iran has the technology to shoot American drones.
Algeria makes drones.
The police use drones equipped with cameras and loudspeakers to find illegal gatherings and disperse crowds.
Conservationists in Australia are hoping infrared drones might help save the remaining koala population in New South Wales.
Firefighters have been using drones equipped with thermal imaging cameras to locate the origin of the fires.
Silent drones victimize more people.
The Chula Vista police department in California is using drones to help catch suspects and assess situations on the ground before police arrive.
Drones will be useful for transporting life-saving drugs.
Researchers have now made about 20 tiny so-called harmonic radar tags that are fitted to insects. They would then be tracked by a swarm of drones.
verb
He just drones on and on but hardly even touches on what we need to know for the test.
While you drone on abbout preserving the standard of living for the middle class, our parents are dying of hypothermia.
While you drone on abbout preserving the standard of living for the middle class, our parents are dying of hypothermia.

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