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Definition of Cog
1. Noun. A subordinate who performs an important but routine function. "He was a small cog in a large machine"
2. Verb. Roll steel ingots.
3. Noun. Tooth on the rim of gear wheel.
Group relationships: Cogwheel, Gear, Gear Wheel, Geared Wheel
Generic synonyms: Tooth
4. Verb. Join pieces of wood with cogs.
Definition of Cog
1. v. t. To seduce, or draw away, by adulation, artifice, or falsehood; to wheedle; to cozen; to cheat.
2. v. i. To deceive; to cheat; to play false; to lie; to wheedle; to cajole.
3. n. A trick or deception; a falsehood.
4. n. A tooth, cam, or catch for imparting or receiving motion, as on a gear wheel, or a lifter or wiper on a shaft; originally, a separate piece of wood set in a mortise in the face of a wheel.
5. v. t. To furnish with a cog or cogs.
6. n. A small fishing boat.
Definition of Cog
1. Noun. (historical) A ship of burden, or war with a round, bulky hull. ¹
2. Noun. A tooth on a gear ¹
3. Noun. A gear; a cogwheel ¹
4. Noun. A unimportant individual in a greater system. ¹
5. Noun. (carpentry) A projection or tenon at the end of a beam designed to fit into a matching opening of another piece of wood to form a joint. ¹
6. Noun. An act of cogging. ¹
7. Verb. to cheat at dice ¹
8. Verb. to cheat; to play or gamble fraudulently ¹
9. Noun. A small fishing boat ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cog
1. to cheat at dice [v COGGED, COGGING, COGS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cog
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