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noun
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a portion or length of the trunk or of a large limb of a felled tree.
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something inert, heavy, or not sentient.
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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.
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EXPANDMovies. 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.
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Also called well log. a record kept during the drilling of a well, especially of the geological formations penetrated.
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Computers. any of various chronological records made concerning the use of a computer system, the changes made to data, etc.
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Radio and Television. a written account of everything transmitted by a station or network.
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COLLAPSEAlso called log of wood. Australian Slang. a lazy, dull-witted person; fool.
verb (used with object)
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to cut (trees) into logs: to log pine trees for fuel.
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to cut down the trees or timber on (land): We logged the entire area in a week.
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to enter in a log; compile; amass; keep a record of: to log a day's events.
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to make (a certain speed), as a ship or airplane: We are logging 18 knots.
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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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verb (used without object)
Verb phrases16.
to cut down trees and get out logs from the forest for timber: to log for a living.
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log in,
a.
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.
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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.
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Word Origin & History
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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log  (lôg) Pronunciation Key
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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