cog Sentence Examples
- In the intricate machinery, each cog plays a crucial role in the system's operation.
- She felt like a small cog in a big machine, insignificant amidst the vast organization.
- The engineer carefully inspected each cog to ensure smooth rotation and minimal friction.
- As one cog turned, it set off a chain reaction, propelling the entire mechanism into motion.
- The project manager saw himself as the central cog in the team, responsible for coordinating all efforts.
- Without the smallest cog, the entire machine would grind to a halt.
- The company hired a consultant to identify the inefficient cogs in their operations and streamline processes.
- He realized that he was just a cog in the corporate wheel, dispensable and easily replaced.
- The inventor designed a new type of cog, engineered to withstand greater pressure and improve efficiency.
- The union argued that the workers were more than just cogs in the profit machine and deserved fair compensation.
cog Meaning
cog (n)
a subordinate who performs an important but routine function
tooth on the rim of gear wheel
cog (v)
roll steel ingots
join pieces of wood with cogs
cog (v. t.)
To seduce, or draw away, by adulation, artifice, or falsehood; to wheedle; to cozen; to cheat.
To obtrude or thrust in, by falsehood or deception; as, to cog in a word; to palm off.
To furnish with a cog or cogs.
cog (v. i.)
To deceive; to cheat; to play false; to lie; to wheedle; to cajole.
cog (n.)
A trick or deception; a falsehood.
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.
A kind of tenon on the end of a joist, received into a notch in a bearing timber, and resting flush with its upper surface.
A tenon in a scarf joint; a coak.
One of the rough pillars of stone or coal left to support the roof of a mine.
A small fishing boat.
Synonyms & Antonyms of cog
Synonyms:
- wage-earner
- workingwoman
- wageworker
- gandy-dancer
- wage-slave
- grub
- associate
- hack
- workingman
- navvy
- workman
- workwoman
- hand
- colleague
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FAQs About the word cog
a subordinate who performs an important but routine function, tooth on the rim of gear wheel, roll steel ingots, join pieces of wood with cogsTo seduce, or draw
retainer, flunky, hireling, flunkie, toiler, subordinate, flunkey, drudge, jobholder, employee
employer, employer, supervisor, gaffer, supervisor,boss, boss, gaffer,superior, superior
In the intricate machinery, each cog plays a crucial role in the system's operation.
She felt like a small cog in a big machine, insignificant amidst the vast organization.
The engineer carefully inspected each cog to ensure smooth rotation and minimal friction.
As one cog turned, it set off a chain reaction, propelling the entire mechanism into motion.
