cog meaning
EN
[kɒɡ] [-ɒɡ] [kɑɡ] [-ɑɡ] WCog
- A cog is a tooth of a gear or cogwheel or the gear or cogwheel itself.
- A cog engages with another cog and motion in one will result in motion of the other. Gearwheels that engage with chains are sprockets, not cogs.
- Cog, COG, or CoG may also refer to:
- NounPLcogs
- (historical) A ship of burden, or war with a round, bulky hull.
- A tooth on a gear.
- A gear; a cogwheel.
- An unimportant individual in a greater system.
- (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.
- (mining) One of the rough pillars of stone or coal left to support the roof of a mine.
- A trick or deception; a falsehood.
- A small fishing boat.
- (historical) A ship of burden, or war with a round, bulky hull.
- VerbSGcogsPRcoggingPT, PPcogged
Definition of cog in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Nouns
- en cognizance
- en cognition
- en cogent
- en cognizant
- en cognac
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "cog" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb.