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cog
noun
verb
Tooth on the rim of gear wheel
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noun
Tooth on the rim of gear wheel
noun
A subordinate who performs an important but routine function
“He was a small cog in a large machine”
verb
Join pieces of wood with cogs
verb
Roll steel ingots
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He was a small cog in a large machine
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