cog [kog, kawg] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
cog [kog, kawg]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: main part of device
Synonyms: cogwheel, differential, fang, gear, pinion, prong, rack, ratchet, tine, tooth, transmission, tusk, wheel
Main Entry: gear
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: toothed part of wheel
Synonyms: cog, cogwheel, gearwheel, pinion, ragwheel, sprocket, spurwheel
Main Entry: tooth
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: a toothlike or tooth-shaped object
Synonyms: cog, denticle, dentile, peg, point, projection, prong, root, stub
Example Sentences
  • If necessary, try yoga, or cog therapy to keep the physiological responses at healthy levels.
  • Poke it in the hole on the cog side of the hub, turn the screw inside a few revolutions, and the hub locks down.
  • You're a tiny cog in the capitalist machine that's destroying the planet-and your own soul.
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Main Entry: hired hand
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: employee
Synonyms: agent, apprentice, assistant, attendant, blue collar, breadwinner, clerk, cog, company person, craftsperson, desk jockey, domestic, hand, help, hired gun, hireling, jobholder, laborer, member, operator, pink collar, plug*, representative, sales help
Main Entry: jobholder
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: employee
Synonyms: agent, apprentice, assistant, attendant, blue collar, breadwinner, clerk, cog, company person, craftsperson, desk jockey, domestic, hand, help, hired gun, hired hand, hireling, laborer, member, operator, pink collar, plug*, representative, sales help, salesperson, servant, slave, staff member, wage-earner, white collar, worker, working stiff
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