cog
cog (käg, kôg)
noun
- 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
- a cogwheel
- ☆ a person or thing regarded as a minor but necessary part of the structure of an activity or organization
Etymology: ME cog, cogge < ? Scand, as in Norw kug, Swed kugge, a cog, tooth < IE *gugā a hump, ball < base *gēu-, to bend, arch > OE cycgel, cudgel
cog (käg, kôg)
noun
a projection on a beam that fits into a corresponding groove or notch in another beam, making a joint
Etymology: altered (infl. by cog) < earlier cock, to secure, prob. ult. < It cocca, a notch
transitive verb, intransitive verb cogged, cog′·ging
to join by a cog or cogs
cog (käg, kôg)
transitive verb cogged, cog′·ging
to manipulate (dice) in a fraudulent manner
Etymology: prob. slang extension of cog
intransitive verb
Obsolete to cheat; swindle
noun
Obsolete a deception; trick
cog
cognate
cog
n.
Preposition: of
- wheel: There was some of the deceased's hair on the cogs of the wheel.
- machine: This clean statement may be quite easy to imagine, all the different cogs of a machine interacting in a lovely harmony.
Converse of object
- become: The aim is to produce a fighting machine in which each soldier becomes a cog.
- see: It felt as if I could really see the cogs in their minds turning and hear the clicking as the theory all made sense.
- use: The main icon in the EMS design is the service icon which uses cogs to representing a service.
- have: I also got a K'nex set with which you can build a lot of models, most of them have cogs in.
- turn: In order to turn the cog out of the wind.
- make: Claybrooke Water Mill, still working to date, has cogs made from apple wood.
Adjective modifier
- vital: Every member of the family is a vital cog in research.
- tiny: Tiny, tiny cogs in a big, big machine.
- mere: Otherwise, indigenous peoples will continue to be mere cogs in the wheels of these billion-dollar industries.
- rear: This bolt governs the distance between the rear gear's top jockey wheel and the rear cogs.
- small: I'm not leader of the free world - I'm a very small cog.
- essential: Whether keeping accounting records or running the company payroll, accountants are essential cogs in the wheels of industry.
Modifies a noun
- wheel: October 4 2003 The lower cylinder drives the adhesion wheels whilst the higher cylinder drives the rack cog wheel.
- railroad: You start by taking the cog railroad to the summit of La Rhune, 900 meters above sea level.
- train: Day 3 Optional excursion to Corcovado ascending the mountain by cog train.
Preposition: in
- wheel: The groups will resemble the cogs in a wheel which are all useful provided they mesh properly.
- machinery: Each job becoming more and more defined and specialized - we have become cogs in the machinery of society.
- machine: Most people bear the terminal stress of walking the world unseen, a mere number or cog in a lifeless machine.
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- cogitation
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