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[lawg, log] 
noun, verb, logged, log⋅ging.–noun
| 1. | a portion or length of the trunk or of a large limb of a felled tree. |
| 2. | something inert, heavy, or not sentient. |
| 3. | Nautical. any of various devices for determining the speed of a ship, as a chip log or patent log. |
| 4. | 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. |
| 5. | Movies. an account describing or denoting each shot as it is taken, written down during production and referred to in editing the film. |
| 6. | a register of the operation of a machine. |
| 7. | Also called well log. a record kept during the drilling of a well, esp. of the geological formations penetrated. |
| 8. | Computers. any of various chronological records made concerning the use of a computer system, the changes made to data, etc. |
| 9. | 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. |
–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. |
–verb (used without object)
—Verb phrases| 16. | to cut down trees and get out logs from the forest for timber: to log for a living. |
| 17. | log in,
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| 18. | log off or out, Computers. to terminate a work session using a multiuser system, or a connection to such a system. |
log-
| var. of logo- before a vowel: logarithm. |
-log
| var. of -logue: analog. |
log.
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| log 1 (lôg, lŏg) n.
v. tr.
To cut down, trim, and haul timber. Phrasal Verb(s): log in/onTo enter into a computer the information required to begin a session. log out/offTo enter into a computer the command to end a session. [Middle English logge.] |
| log 2 (lôg, lŏg) n. A logarithm. |
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Log
Log\, n. [Heb. l[=o]g.] A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing 2.37 gills. --W. H. Ward.Log
Log\, n. [Icel. l[=a]g a felled tree, log; akin to E. lie. See Lie to lie prostrate.]1. A bulky piece of wood which has not been shaped by hewing or sawing. 2. [Prob. the same word as in sense 1; cf. LG. log, lock, Dan. log, Sw. logg.] (Naut.) An apparatus for measuring the rate of a ship's motion through the water. Note: The common log consists of the log-chip, or logship, often exclusively called the log, and the log line, the former being commonly a thin wooden quadrant of five or six inches radius, loaded with lead on the arc to make it float with the point up. It is attached to the log line by cords from each corner. This line is divided into equal spaces, called knots, each bearing the same proportion to a mile that half a minute does to an hour. The line is wound on a reel which is so held as to let it run off freely. When the log is thrown, the log-chip is kept by the water from being drawn forward, and the speed of the ship is shown by the number of knots run out in half a minute. There are improved logs, consisting of a piece of mechanism which, being towed astern, shows the distance actually gone through by the ship, by means of the revolutions of a fly, which are registered on a dial plate. 3. Hence: The record of the rate of ship's speed or of her daily progress; also, the full nautical record of a ship's cruise or voyage; a log slate; a log book. 4. A record and tabulated statement of the work done by an engine, as of a steamship, of the coal consumed, and of other items relating to the performance of machinery during a given time. 5. (Mining) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave. Log board (Naut.), a board consisting of two parts shutting together like a book, with columns in which are entered the direction of the wind, course of the ship, etc., during each hour of the day and night. These entries are transferred to the log book. A folding slate is now used instead. Log book, or Logbook (Naut.), a book in which is entered the daily progress of a ship at sea, as indicated by the log, with notes on the weather and incidents of the voyage; the contents of the log board. Log cabin, Log house, a cabin or house made of logs. Log canoe, a canoe made by shaping and hollowing out a single log. Log glass (Naut.), a small sandglass used to time the running out of the log line. Log line (Naut.), a line or cord about a hundred and fifty fathoms long, fastened to the log-chip. See Note under 2d Log, n., 2. Log perch (Zo["o]l.), an ethiostomoid fish, or darter (Percina caprodes); -- called also hogfish and rockfish. Log reel (Naut.), the reel on which the log line is wound. Log slate. (Naut.) See Log board (above). Rough log (Naut.), a first draught of a record of the cruise or voyage. Smooth log (Naut.), a clean copy of the rough log. In the case of naval vessels this copy is forwarded to the proper officer of the government. To heave the log (Naut.), to cast the log-chip into the water; also, the whole process of ascertaining a vessel's speed by the log.Log
Log\, v. i. 1. To engage in the business of cutting or transporting logs for timber; to get out logs. [U.S.] 2. To move to and fro; to rock. [Obs.]
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Language Translation for : log
Spanish:
tronco, leño,
German:
der Holzklotz,
Japanese:
丸太
log (n.)
1398, 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 Eng. log. Instead, they suggest an independent formation meant to "express the notion of something massive by a word of appropriate sound." 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. Logrolling in the legislative vote-trading sense first recorded 1823, from the notion of neighbors on the frontier helping one another with the heavy work of clearing land and building cabins (as in phrase you roll my log and I'll roll yours). Log cabin in Amer.Eng. has been a figure of the honest pioneer since the 1840 presidential campaign of William Henry Harrison.
log (v.)
"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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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| log (lôg) Pronunciation Key
A logarithm. |
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Log
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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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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