Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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cog | Yes | No | Yes | No |
subordinate | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
cog (noun) | subordinate (noun) |
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tooth on the rim of gear wheel | a word that is more specific than a given word |
a subordinate who performs an important but routine function | an assistant subject to the authority or control of another |
cog (adjective) | subordinate (adjective) |
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lower in rank or importance | |
subject or submissive to authority or the control of another | |
(of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence |
cog (verb) | subordinate (verb) |
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join pieces of wood with cogs | make subordinate, dependent, or subservient |
roll steel ingots | rank or order as less important or consider of less value |