cog
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a subordinate who performs an important but routine function
he was a small cog in a large machine
Types & categories
- subordinate hypernym
Sense 2 verb
roll steel ingots
Types & categories
- roll out hypernym
Sense 3 noun
tooth on the rim of gear wheel
Types & categories
- tooth hypernym
Parts & wholes
- gear part holonym
Related & opposite
- cog derivation
Sense 4 verb
join pieces of wood with cogs
Types & categories
- bring together hypernym
Related & opposite
- cog derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | subordinate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | roll out |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cog |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | gear |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | tooth |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | cog |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | bring together |