Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense logs, present participle logging, past tense, past participle logged
1. countable noun [oft NOUN noun]
A log is a piece of a thick branch or of the trunk of a tree that has been cut so that it can be used for fuel or for making things.
He dumped the logs on the big stone hearth.
...the original log cabin where Lincoln was born.
Synonyms: stump, block, branch, chunk More Synonyms of log
2. countable noun
A log is an official written account of what happens each day, for example on board a ship.
The family made an official complaint to a ship's officer, which was recorded inthe log.
Synonyms: record, listing, account, register More Synonyms of log
3. verb
If you log an event or fact, you record it officially in writing or on a computer.
They log everyone and everything that comes in and out of here. [VERB noun]
Details of the crime are then logged in the computer. [beVERB-ed]
Synonyms: record, report, enter, book More Synonyms of log
4. See also logging
Phrasal verbs:
See log in
See log out
More Synonyms of log
log in British English1
(lɒɡ)
noun
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.
a device consisting of a float with an attached line, formerly used to measure the speed of a ship
See also chip log
b. heave the log
5. Australian
a claim for better pay and conditions presented by a trade union to an employer
6. like a log
verbWord forms: logs, logging or logged
7. (transitive)
to fell the trees of (a forest, area, etc) for timber
8. (transitive)
to saw logs from (trees)
9. (intransitive)
to work at the felling of timber
10. (transitive)
to enter (a distance, event, etc) in a logbook or log
11. (transitive)
to record the punishment received by (a sailor) in a logbook
12. (transitive)
to travel (a specified distance or time) or move at (a specified speed)
Word origin
C14: origin obscure
log in British English2
(lɒɡ)
noun
short for logarithm
-log in British English
combining form
a US variant of -logue
-log in American English
(lɔg; lɑg)
-logue
log in American English1
(lɔɡ, lɑɡ) (verblogged, logging)
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. Films
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. Computing
any of various chronological records made concerning the use of a computer system, the changes made to data, etc
9. Radio & Television
a written account of everything transmitted by a station or network
10. Austral slang
a lazy, unintelligent person; fool
Also called: log of wood
transitive verb
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
intransitive verb
16.
to cut down trees and get out logs from the forest for timber
to log for a living
17. See log in
18. See log off
Derived forms
loggish
adjective
Word origin
[1350–1400; ME logge, var. of lugge pole, limb of tree; cf. obs. logget pole; see lugsail, logbook]
log in American English2
(lɔɡ, lɑɡ)
noun
Math
logarithm
log in the Oil and Gas Industry
(lɔg)
Word forms: (regular plural) logs
noun
(Extractive engineering: Exploration)
A log is a record of measurements made downhole.
Logs are records made from data-gathering devices lowered into the wellbore.
The driller's log is a running account of events and formations encountered in drilling in chronologicalorder.
A log is a record of measurements made downhole.
logging, well log
Examples of 'log' in a sentence
log
He said he did not know his home computer was logged in to the network.
The Sun (2016)
The log book was part of the evidence presented to the coroner.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
She sent him the log book to assist with his work.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
There is a detached garage with a games room, and a log cabin.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
He let the two men and a woman stay in his log cabin on Dartmoor.
The Sun (2016)
Police said that his story then changed again and he told the family that he had been given the log book as a gift.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
I reassured him it was secure by logging into my account and viewing his profile.
Computing (2010)
He apologised, said he should have placed a blanket over the frame and gave us a number to log a complaint.
The Sun (2016)
Last year the retired general pleaded guilty to mishandling classified information by sharing official log books with his biographer, who was also his mistress.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
You need to worry about logging in to your bank account.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The tribunal will also hear claims that an official log of the confrontation incident vanished.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This involved logging into my account and downloading the bill.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The men are largely unsupervised and have to fill out a written log to record their movements.
The Sun (2013)
The pilot checked the log book to see what problem had been found.
Christianity Today (2000)
Once a complaint is logged it is assigned to a manager.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It holds logs securely and allows easy cutting right up to the last log on each branch.
The Sun (2008)
Our first stop is a log cabin by a frozen lake.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
But an official log of the altercation was also made by one of the officers involved.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
She found out when she logged into her account and saw that her balance was nil.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Everything we do online is logged and recorded so companies can sell things back to us.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But the documentary suggests that discrimination by spectators remains commonplace and is going unpunished because officials are failing to log complaints.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Once burning, add bigger logs in the same formation.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Since then he has logged 249 crimes against his property.
The Sun (2009)
Naturally, they have numbers and all that kind of essential scientific stuff logged on the computers.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Wooden packing cases, logs and branches of trees.
Iain Gale Man of Honour (2007)
In Britain we have very strict procedures about logging your whereabouts so that the testers can arrive unannounced.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
A match alone will not make a big log catch fire.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
COPS formally logged a crime after the theft of a tin of biscuits from their control room kitchen.
The Sun (2013)
In other languages
log
British English: log /lɒɡ/ NOUN
A log is a thick piece of wood cut from a branch or trunk of a tree.
He put the logs near the fireplace.
American English: log
Arabic: جُزْءٌ مِنْ سَاقِ الشّجَرَةِ
Brazilian Portuguese: tronco
Chinese: 原木
Croatian: cjepanica
Czech: poleno
Danish: bjælke
Dutch: blok
European Spanish: tronco leño
Finnish: tukki
French: rondin
German: Baumstamm
Greek: κούτσουρο
Italian: tronco
Japanese: 丸太
Korean: 통나무
Norwegian: tømmerstokk
Polish: kloc
European Portuguese: tronco
Romanian: buștean
Russian: бревно
Latin American Spanish: tronco
Swedish: loggbok
Thai: ท่อนซุง
Turkish: tomruk
Ukrainian: колода
Vietnamese: khúc gỗ
British English: log VERB
If you log an event or fact, you record it officially in writing or on a computer.
They log everyone and everything that comes in and out of here.
American English: log
Brazilian Portuguese: registrar
Chinese: 把…载入日志
European Spanish: registrar
French: consigner
German: verzeichnen
Italian: registrare
Japanese: 記録する
Korean: 기록하다
European Portuguese: registar
Latin American Spanish: registrar
Chinese translation of 'log'
log
(lɔɡ)
n(c)
(from tree, = trunk) 原木 (yuánmù) (根, gēn)
(for fuel) 木柴 (mùchái) (根, gēn)
(= diary) 日志(誌) (rìzhì)
n abbr
(Math) (= logarithm)
对(對)数(數) (duìshù)
vt
[event, fact]记(記)录(錄) (jìlù)
to keep a log (of sth)登记(記)某事 (dēngjì mǒushì)
1 (noun)
Definition
a section of a felled tree stripped of branches
He dumped the logs on the big stone hearth.
Synonyms
stump
block
a block of ice
branch
chunk
Cut the melon into chunks.
trunk
toadstools growing on fallen tree trunks
bole
piece of timber
2 (noun)
Definition
a book in which these records are made
The complaint was recorded in the ship's log.
Synonyms
record
Keep a record of all the payments.
listing
A full listing of the companies will be published quarterly.
account
a detailed account of all expenditures
register
registers of births, deaths and marriages
journal
On the plane he wrote in his journal.
chart
diary
the most famous descriptive passage in his diary
tally
They do not keep a tally of visitors to the palace.
logbook
daybook
blog (informal)
1 (verb)
Definition
to enter (a distance or event) in a logbook or log
Details of the crime are logged in the computer.
Synonyms
record
In her letters she records the domestic and social details of life in China.
report
Several newspapers reported the decision.
enter
Prue entered the passage in her notebook, then read it aloud again.
book
note
A police officer was noting the number plates of passing cars.
register
Have you come to register at the school?
chart
Bulletin boards charted each executive's progress.
put down
tally
set down
make a note of
2 (verb)
Definition
to saw logs from (trees)
Synonyms
chop
We were set to work chopping wood.
cut
Cut the tomatoes into small pieces.
fell
Badly infected trees should be felled.
hew
He felled, peeled and hewed his own timber.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of account
a detailed account of all expenditures
Synonyms
ledger,
book,
charge,
bill,
score,
statement,
balance,
register,
reckoning,
tally,
inventory,
invoice,
computation
in the sense of block
Definition
a large solid piece of wood, stone, etc.
a block of ice
Synonyms
piece,
bar,
square,
mass,
cake,
brick,
lump,
chunk,
cube,
hunk,
nugget,
ingot
in the sense of chart
Definition
to plot the course of
Bulletin boards charted each executive's progress.
Synonyms
monitor,
follow,
record,
note,
document,
register,
trace,
outline,
log,
graph,
tabulate
Synonyms of 'log'
log
Explore 'log' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of chunk
Definition
a thick solid piece of something
Cut the melon into chunks.
Synonyms
piece,
block,
mass,
portion,
lump,
slab,
hunk,
nugget,
wad,
dollop (informal),
wodge (British, informal)
in the sense of cut
Definition
to divide or be divided with or as if with a sharp instrument
Cut the tomatoes into small pieces.
Synonyms
chop,
split,
divide,
slice,
segment,
dissect,
cleave,
part
in the sense of diary
Definition
a book containing a record of daily events, appointments, or observations
the most famous descriptive passage in his diary
Synonyms
journal,
log,
chronicle,
memoir,
daily record,
logbook,
day-to-day account,
blog (informal)
in the sense of enter
Definition
to record (an item) in a journal or list
Prue entered the passage in her notebook, then read it aloud again.
Synonyms
record,
note,
register,
log,
list,
write down,
take down,
inscribe,
set down,
put in writing
in the sense of fell
Definition
to cut down (a tree)
Badly infected trees should be felled.
Synonyms
cut down,
cut,
level,
demolish,
flatten,
knock down,
hew,
raze
in the sense of hew
Definition
to chop or cut with an axe
He felled, peeled and hewed his own timber.
Synonyms
cut,
chop,
axe,
hack,
split,
lop
in the sense of journal
Definition
a daily record of events
On the plane he wrote in his journal.
Synonyms
diary,
record,
history,
log,
notebook,
chronicle,
annals,
yearbook,
commonplace book,
daybook,
blog (informal)
in the sense of listing
Definition
a list or an entry in a list
A full listing of the companies will be published quarterly.
Synonyms
list,
record,
series,
roll,
file,
schedule,
index,
register,
catalogue,
directory,
tally,
inventory,
syllabus,
tabulation
in the sense of note
Definition
to make a written note of
A police officer was noting the number plates of passing cars.
Synonyms
write down,
record,
scribble,
take down,
set down,
jot down,
put in writing,
put down in black and white
in the sense of register
Definition
the book in which such a list is written
registers of births, deaths and marriages
Synonyms
list,
record,
roll,
file,
schedule,
diary,
catalogue,
log,
archives,
chronicle,
memorandum,
roster,
ledger,
annals
Additional synonyms
in the sense of register
Definition
to enter (an event, person's name, ownership, etc.) in a register
Have you come to register at the school?
Synonyms
enrol,
sign on or up,
enlist,
list,
note,
enter,
check in,
inscribe,
set down
in the sense of report
Definition
to make a formal report on (a subject)
Several newspapers reported the decision.
Synonyms
communicate,
publish,
record,
announce,
tell,
state,
air,
detail,
describe,
note,
cover,
document,
give an account of,
relate,
broadcast,
post,
tweet,
pass on,
proclaim,
circulate,
relay,
recite,
narrate,
write up
in the sense of tally
Definition
any record of debit, credit, the score in a game, etc.
They do not keep a tally of visitors to the palace.
Synonyms
record,
score,
total,
count,
reckoning,
running total
in the sense of tally
Synonyms
record,
mark,
register,
reckon
in the sense of trunk
Definition
a person's body excluding the head, neck, and limbs