cog

cog ¹  (kg, kôg)

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.

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[Middle English cogge, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish kugg, kugge.]

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cogged adj.

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cog ²  (kg, kôg)

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.

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[Origin unknown.]

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cog ³  (kg, kôg)

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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[Alteration (influenced by cog) of cock, to join with tenons.]

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cog¹

n

1. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) any of the teeth or projections on the rim of a gearwheel or sprocket

2. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a gearwheel, esp a small one

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

vb cogs, cogging, cogged

(Engineering / Metallurgy) (tr) Metallurgy to roll (cast-steel ingots) to convert them into blooms

[of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish kogge, Swedish kugge, Norwegian kug]

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cog²

vb cogs, cogging, cogged

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

[originally a dice-playing term, of unknown origin]

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cog³

n

(Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a tenon that projects from the end of a timber beam for fitting into a mortise

vb cogs, cogging, cogged

(Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) (tr) to join (pieces of wood) with cogs

[of uncertain origin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cog - a subordinate who performs an important but routine function; "he was a small cog in a large machine" subordinate, subsidiary, underling, foot soldier - an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
	2.	cog - tooth on the rim of gear wheel       sprocket cogwheel, gear, gear wheel, geared wheel - a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion tooth - something resembling the tooth of an animal
Verb	1.	cog - roll steel ingots roll out, roll - flatten or spread with a roller; "roll out the paper"
	2.	cog - join pieces of wood with cogs bring together, join - cause to become joined or linked; "join these two parts so that they fit together"

Translations

cog [kɒg] N → diente m (de rueda dentada)
just a cog in the wheel → una pieza del mecanismo, nada más

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cog [ˈkɒg] n → dent f (d'engrenage)
to be a cog in a machine, to be a cog in a wheel [person] → être un rouage de la machine

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cog

n (Tech) → Zahn m; (= cogwheel) → Zahnrad nt; he’s only a cog in the machine (fig) → er ist nur ein Rädchen im Getriebe; each employee is a vital cog in the company → jeder einzelne Angestellte ist ein wichtiger Teil in der Firma

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cog:

cog railway

n (US) → Zahnradbahn f

cogwheel

n → Zahnrad nt

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cog [kɒg] n → dente m
a cog in the wheel (fig) → una rotella in un grande ingranaggio

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cog [kɒg] n → dente m
a cog in the wheel (fig) → una rotella in un grande ingranaggio

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cog

n cog [kog]

one of a series of teeth around the edge of a wheel which fits into one of a similar series in a similar wheel (or into a chain as in a bicycle) causing motion The cogs in the gear-wheels of a car get worn down. tand van ʼn wiel,kamrat أسْنان (دولاب) зъбец zub tand das Zahnrad δόντι γραναζιού rueda dentada hammas چرخ دنده hammas, hammaspyörä dent שֵן בְּגַלגַל שִיָנייִם चक्रदन्त zubac zupčanika fog gigi roda penggerak tönn, kíll dente, ingranaggio 歯車の歯 (기어의) 이 krumplys (zobrata) zobs gigi roda tand tann (på tannhjul) ząb roda dentada zimţ, dinte зуб(ец) zub zob zupčanik kugge ซี่ล้อ diş, çark dişi (腳踏車鍊的)鍊齒, 嵌齒 зубець دندانے دار پہیہ răng bánh xe 轮牙, 嵌齿