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ALL meanings of cog

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  • countable noun cog A cog is a wheel with square or triangular teeth around the edge, which is used in a machine to turn another wheel or part. 3
  • noun cog any of the teeth or projections on the rim of a gearwheel or sprocket 3
  • noun cog a gearwheel, esp a small one 3
  • noun cog a person or thing playing a small part in a large organization or process 3
  • verb cog to roll (cast-steel ingots) to convert them into blooms 3
  • verb cog to cheat (in a game, esp dice), as by loading a dice 3
  • noun cog a tenon that projects from the end of a timber beam for fitting into a mortise 3
  • verb cog to join (pieces of wood) with cogs 3
  • noun cog 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 3
  • noun cog a cogwheel 3
  • noun cog a person or thing regarded as a minor but necessary part of the structure of an activity or organization 3
  • noun cog a projection on a beam that fits into a corresponding groove or notch in another beam, making a joint 3
  • verb transitive cog to join by a cog or cogs 3
  • verb transitive cog to manipulate (dice) in a fraudulent manner 3
  • intransitive verb cog to cheat; swindle 3
  • noun cog a deception; trick 3
  • abbreviation COG cognate 3
  • noun cog A cog is a tooth at the edge of a gear wheel or sprocket. 3
  • idioms cog slip a cog, to make a blunder; err: One of the clerks must have slipped a cog. 1
  • abbreviation COG cogwheel 1
  • noun cog minor employee 1
  • noun cog sailing ship 1
  • noun cog A wheel or bar with a series of projections on its edge that transfers motion by engaging with projections on another wheel or bar. 1
  • noun cog Carpentry. (in a cogged joint) the tongue in one timber, fitting into a corresponding slot in another. 1
  • noun cog Mining. a cluster of timber supports for a roof. Compare chock (def 4). 1
  • verb without object cog to cheat, especially at dice. 1
  • verb with object cog to manipulate or load (dice) unfairly. 1
  • noun cog (historical) A ship of burden, or war with a round, bulky hull. 0
  • noun cog A tooth on a gear. 0
  • noun cog A gear; a cogwheel. 0
  • noun cog An unimportant individual in a greater system. 0
  • noun cog (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. 0
  • noun cog (mining) One of the rough pillars of stone or coal left to support the roof of a mine. 0
  • noun cog A trick or deception; a falsehood. 0
  • noun cog A small fishing boat. 0
  • verb cog To furnish with a cog or cogs. 0
  • verb cog to load (a die) so that it can be used to cheat. 0
  • verb cog to cheat; to play or gamble fraudulently. 0
  • verb cog To seduce, or draw away, by adulation, artifice, or falsehood; to wheedle; to cozen; to cheat. 0
  • verb cog To obtrude or thrust in, by falsehood or deception; to palm off. 0
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