Synonyms:
cog, sprocket
Meaning: tooth on the rim of gear wheel
Synonyms:
cog
Meaning: a subordinate who performs an important but routine function; "he was a small cog in a large machine"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
cog
Meaning: join pieces of wood with cogs
Synonyms:
cog
Meaning: roll steel ingots
Usage examples
The woman, Nina Carrington, was the cog that slipped.
She was "groomed" until every wire was taut and every cog, lever and valve working perfectly.
I tremble to think what would have happened, had the attempt been made to handle the A. E. F. this way during the First World War, instead of by that rigid military discipline and complete assumption of the individual as a mere standardized cog in the machine.