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log (lôg, läg)

noun

  1. a section of the trunk or of a large branch of a felled tree, either in its natural state or cut up for use in building, as firewood, etc.

  2. Etymology: because orig. a quadrant of wood

    any of various devices for measuring the speed of a ship
  3. a daily record of a ship's speed, progress, etc., and of the events in its voyage; logbook
    1. a similar record of an aircraft's flight
    2. a record of a pilot's flying time, experience, etc.
  5. any record of progress or occurrences, as on a journey, in an experiment, etc.

Etymology: ME logge, prob. < or akin to ON lāg (Dan laag), felled tree < base of liggia, to lie, akin to OE licgan, to lie

adjective

made of a log or logs

transitive verb logged, logging log′·ging

  1. to saw (trees) into logs
  2. ☆ to cut down the trees of (a region) for use as lumber or logs
  3. to enter or record in a log
  4. to sail or fly (a specified distance)
  5. to be credited with a record of (certain accomplishments)

intransitive verb

to cut down trees and transport the logs to a sawmill
log Idioms

log on (or off)

to enter the necessary information to begin (or end) a session on a computer terminal
log2 definition

log (lôg, läg)

noun

logarithm

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log Synonyms

log

n.

  1. The main stem of a fallen or cut tree

    bole, timber, stick, length; see trunk 3, wood 2.

  2. The record of a voyage

    account, chart, diary; see journal 1, record 1.


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log Usage Examples

Object

  • keystroke: Has a keylogger that can spy on and log keystrokes without your knowldege or permission.

Converse of object

  • interlock: Due to the loose interlocking log ( not sectional ) construction, a level concrete or paved base is required to enable installation.

Noun used with modifier

  • roaring: It's full of Nelson memorabilia and interesting oldie worldly rooms and in winter has roaring log fires.

Modifies a noun

  • cabin: They talk about the ability of someone born in a log cabin to make it all the way to the White House.
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log quotes

Have you seen the bush by moonlight, from the train, go running by? Blackened log and stump and sapling, ghostly trees all dead and dry; Here a patch of glassy water; there a glimpse of mystic sky? Have you heard the still voice callingöyet so warm, and yet so cold: 'I'm the Mother-Bush that bore you! Come to me when you are old'?

-Lawson, Henry Hertzberg

The AIDS epidemic has rolled back a big rotting log and revealed all the squirming life underneath it, since it involves, all at once, the main themes of our existence: sex, death, power, money, love, hate, disease and panic. No American phenomenon has been so compelling since theVietnam War.

-White, Edmund

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