| NOUN | person | cog | a subordinate who performs an important but routine function |
|---|---|---|---|
| artifact | cog, sprocket | tooth on the rim of gear wheel | |
| VERB | contact | cog | roll steel ingots |
| contact | cog | join pieces of wood with cogs |
| Sounds | kao'g | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | analog ... watchdog: 25 rhymes with aog... | |
| Meaning | A subordinate who performs an important but routine function. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he was a small cog in a large machine" | |
| Broader | subordinate, subsidiary, underling, foot soldier | An assistant subject to the authority or control of another |
| Meaning | tooth on the rim of gear wheel. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | sprocket | |
| Part of | gear, gear wheel, geared wheel, cogwheel | A toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion |
| Broader | tooth | Something resembling the tooth of an animal |
| Spanish | diente de engranaje, diente de rueda, eslabón, oruga, piñón, rueda dentada | |
| Catalan | dent | |
| Verbs | cog | join pieces of wood with cogs |
| Meaning | Roll steel ingots. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | roll out, roll | flatten or spread with a roller |
| Meaning | join pieces of wood with cogs. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | join | Cause to become joined / joined or linked |
| Spanish | endentar | |
| Nouns | cog | tooth on the rim of gear wheel |
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