[lawg, log] 
noun, verb, logged, log⋅ging.| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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