DRONED

Definition: DRONED

DRONED

Imperative & past participle

1. Of Drone

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "DRONED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1869. (references)

Now the world has gone to bed, Marvin droned, "Darkness won't engulf my head, "I can see by infra-red, "How I hate the night." He paused to gather the artistic and emotional strength to tackle the next verse. "Now I lay me down to sleep, "Try to count electric sheep, "Sweet dream wishes you can keep, "How I hate the night."

The motor droned along steadily and the sun receded down the sky in front of them.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

German

brummte (grumbled). (various references)

Pig Latin

oneddray

Derivations

Words ending with "DRONED": squadroned. (additional references)

Misspellings

"DRONED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dioneda, donde, Doned, Dorendra, dorent, dorne, dranked, dreened, drend, drene, drine, droaned, drobner, drona, droner, droney, Dronke, droped, Drouet, drune, drunked, roned. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: nodder.

-1 letter: drone, odder, redon.

-2 letters: doer, done, dore, eddo, nerd, node, redd, redo, rend, rode.

-3 letters: den, doe, don, dor, end, eon, ern, nod, nor, odd, ode, one, ore, red, rod, roe.

-4 letters: de, do, ed, en, er, ne, no, od, oe, on, or, re.

+1 letter: adorned, dendron, donnerd, drowned, fronded, nodders, redound, rounded, trodden, underdo.

+2 letters: cordoned, dehorned, dendroid, dendrons, dihedron, donnered, drownded, endoderm, endorsed, grounded, indorsed, ordained, pardoned, pondered, redonned, redounds, underdog, undergod, wondered.

+3 letters: adjourned, andromeda, broadened, coendured, decrowned, deerhound, deodorant, dethroned, dihedrons, doddering, downgrade, downtrend, dragooned, eiderdown, endoderms, foddering, forbidden, forfended, foundered, gadrooned, goldenrod, guerdoned, joyridden, mordanted, nongraded, outridden, poniarded, portended, propended, protended, readorned, rebounded, redounded, reendowed, refounded, resodding, resounded, responded, unadorned, uncrowded, underbody, underdoes, underdogs, underdone, undergods, undersold, underwood, unordered, unrounded, untrodden, windrowed.