cog

Definition of Cog in English :

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Noun

1. cog

a subordinate who performs an important but routine function

Example Sentences:
'he was a small cog in a large machine'

2. cog, sprocket

tooth on the rim of gear wheel

sprocket

Verb

3. cog

roll steel ingots

4. cog

join pieces of wood with cogs

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cog

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noun

1.

any of the teeth or projections on the rim of a gearwheel or sprocket

2.

a gearwheel, esp a small one

3.

a person or thing playing a small part in a large organization or process

verbWord forms: cogs, cogging or cogged

4. (transitive) metallurgy

to roll (cast-steel ingots) to convert them into blooms

verbWord forms: cogs, cogging or cogged

slang

to cheat (in a game, esp dice), as by loading a dice

noun

1.

a tenon that projects from the end of a timber beam for fitting into a mortise

verbWord forms: cogs, cogging or cogged

2. (transitive)

to join (pieces of wood) with cogs

Cog

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noun

1.

a.

any of a series of teeth on the rim of a wheel, for transmitting or receiving motion by fitting between the teeth of another wheel; gear tooth

b.

a cogwheel

2. US

a person or thing regarded as a minor but necessary part of the structure of an activity or organization

noun

1.

a projection on a beam that fits into a corresponding groove or notch in another beam, making a joint

verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: cogged or ˈcogging

2.

to join by a cog or cogs

verb transitiveWord forms: cogged or ˈcogging

1.

to manipulate (dice) in a fraudulent manner

verb intransitive

2. Obsolete

to cheat; swindle

noun

3. Obsolete

a deception; trick

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Cog

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n.

1. One of a series of teeth, as on the rim of a wheel or gear, whose engagement transmits successive motive force to a corresponding wheel or gear.

2. A cogwheel.

3. A subordinate member of an organization who performs necessary but usually minor or routine functions.

v. cogged, cog·ging, cogs

v.tr.

To load or manipulate (dice) fraudulently.

v.intr.

To cheat, especially at dice.

n.

An instance of cheating; a swindle.

n.

A tenon projecting from a wooden beam designed to fit into an opening in another beam to form a joint.

tr.v. cogged, cog·ging, cogs

To join with tenons.

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