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log

[lawg, log]

noun

a portion or length of the trunk or of a large limb of a felled tree.

something inert, heavy, or not sentient.

Nautical. any of various devices for determining the speed of a ship, as a chip log or patent log.

any of various records, made in rough or finished form, concerning a trip made by a ship or aircraft and dealing with particulars of navigation, weather, engine performance, discipline, and other pertinent details; logbook.

Movies. an account describing or denoting each shot as it is taken, written down during production and referred to in editing the film.

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a register of the operation of a machine.

Also called well log. a record kept during the drilling of a well, especially of the geological formations penetrated.

Computers. any of various chronological records made concerning the use of a computer system, the changes made to data, etc.

Radio and Television. a written account of everything transmitted by a station or network.

10.

Also called log of wood. Australian Slang. a lazy, dull-witted person; fool.

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verb (used with object)

11.

to cut (trees) into logs: to log pine trees for fuel.

12.

to cut down the trees or timber on (land): We logged the entire area in a week.

13.

to enter in a log; compile; amass; keep a record of: to log a day's events.

14.

to make (a certain speed), as a ship or airplane: We are logging 18 knots.

15.

to travel for (a certain distance or a certain amount of time), according to the record of a log: We logged 30 miles the first day. He has logged 10,000 hours flying time.

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to bark; yelp.

to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.

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verb (used without object)

16.

to cut down trees and get out logs from the forest for timber: to log for a living.

Verb phrases

17.

Also, log on, sign on. Computers. to enter identifying data, as a name or password, into a multiuser system, so as to be able to do work with the system.

to enter or include any item of information or data in a record, account, etc.

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log off/out, Computers. to terminate a work session using a multiuser system, or a connection to such a system.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English logge, variant of lugge pole, limb of tree; compare obsolete logget pole; see lugsail, logbook

Related forms

log·gish, adjective

un·logged, adjective

Example Sentences

It's not that the log house and studio aren't handsome.

If you have a new way to monitor connection speed and it's not listed in this guide, log in and add it.

Log in and add your expertise, or create a new page with different instructions.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

noun

Mathematics. logarithm.

variant of logo- before a vowel: logarithm.

variant of -logue: analog.

logic.

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World English Dictionary

log¹ (lɒɡ)

—n
1.	a. a section of the trunk or a main branch of a tree, when stripped of branches
	b. (modifier) constructed out of logs: a log cabin
2.	a. a detailed record of a voyage of a ship or aircraft
	b. a record of the hours flown by pilots and aircrews
	c. a book in which these records are made; logbook
3.	a written record of information about transmissions kept by radio stations, amateur radio operators, etc
4.	a. See also chip log a device consisting of a float with an attached line, formerly used to measure the speed of a ship
	b. heave the log to determine a ship's speed with such a device
5.	(Austral) a claim for better pay and conditions presented by a trade union to an employer
6.	like a log without stirring or being disturbed (in the phrase sleep like a log)

—vb , logs, logging, logged
7.	(tr) to fell the trees of (a forest, area, etc) for timber
8.	(tr) to saw logs from (trees)
9.	(intr) to work at the felling of timber
10.	(tr) to enter (a distance, event, etc) in a logbook or log
11.	(tr) to record the punishment received by (a sailor) in a logbook
12.	(tr) to travel (a specified distance or time) or move at (a specified speed)

[C14: origin obscure]

log² (lɒɡ)

—n
	short for logarithm

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Word Origin & History

log

late 14c., of unknown origin. O.N. had lag "felled tree" (from stem of liggja "to lie"), but on phonological grounds etymologists deny that this is the root of English log. Instead, they suggest an independent formation meant to "express the notion of something massive by a word of appropriate sound."

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Logging "act of cutting timber" is from 1706. Logjam "congestion of logs on a river" is from 1885; in the figurative sense it is from 1890. Log cabin in Amer.Eng. has been a figure of the honest pioneer since the 1840 presidential campaign of William Henry Harrison.

log

"to enter into a log book," 1823, from logbook "daily record of a ship's speed, progress, etc." (1679), which is so called because wooden floats were used to measure a ship's speed. To log in in the computing sense is attested from 1963.

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American Heritage

Science Dictionary

log (lôg) Pronunciation Key
A logarithm.

Slang Dictionary

log definition

in.
to defecate. (See also dog-log.) : Bubba's in the crapper, logging.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Computing Dictionary

log definition

1. logarithm.
2. A record of the activity of some system, often stored in a particular file.
Different operating systems have different conventions and support for storing logs. Unix has the syslog system and the /var/log directory hierarchy, Microsoft Windows has event logs. Web servers, for example, typically record information about every page accessed in one or more "web logs".
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Easton

Bible Dictionary

Log definition

the smallest measure for liquids used by the Hebrews (Lev. 14:10, 12, 15, 21, 24), called in the Vulgate sextarius. It is the Hebrew unit of measure of capacity, and is equal to the contents of six ordinary hen's eggs=the twelfth part of a him, or nearly a pint.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Idioms & Phrases

log

In addition to the idiom beginning with log, also see easy as pie (rolling off a log); like a bump on a log; sleep like a log.