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log¹
- /lɒɡ/ Northern England, UK
- /lɔɡ/ British, Scotland, Southern
- /lɔɡ/ US
- /lɑɡ/ US
- /lɑɡ/ US, cot caught merger
- /lɒɡ/ Canada
- /lɔɡ/ Australia
- /lɒɡ/ New Zealand
- [lɔ̟ɡ] ~ [lɞ̠ɡ] New Zealand
Rhymes with -ɒɡ, -ɔːɡ
Where it comes from
From Middle English logge, logg (first recorded in Anglo-Latin as loggum), of uncertain origin, but probably from Old Norse lóg, lág (“felled tree, log”), derived from Old Norse liggja (“to lie”). If so, then cognate with Norwegian låg (“fallen tree”), Dutch loog (“wood, timber, lumber”).
Alternatively, directly from Norwegian låg (“fallen tree”), which could have been borrowed through the Norwegian timber trade. However the Old Norse/Middle Norwegian vowel is long while Middle English vowel is short.
noun logs · logg · logge
- The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches. They walked across the stream on a fallen log.
- Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc. Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, "Let me take the speck out of your eye," and behold, the log is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will
- A unit of length equivalent to 16 feet, used for measuring timber, especially the trunk of a tree.
- Any cylinder; anything shaped like a tree log, particularly 3. An apparatus for cutting a log of paper or the like into a plurality of sections of predetermined length[.]
- A rolled cake with filling.
- A solid and long piece of feces.
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The penis.
Similar: anaconda, baloney pony, bald-headed hermit, banana, bird, birdie, bobby, boonga, cack, choad, choda, chode
- A floating device, usually of wood, used in navigation to estimate the speed of a vessel through water. 1659, Navigation by the Mariners Plain Scale New Plain'd, by John Collins Every Noon the Master and his Mates take the reckoning off the Log-board, and double the Knots run, and then divide the Product, which is the number of Miles run by three, the quotient is the Leagues run since the former Noon,
- A blockhead; a very stupid person.
- A heavy longboard. I know [Buddy] hadn't surfed on a log much in his childhood, but he must've been watching them Makaha rippah's.
- A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
verb logs · logging · logged · logg · logge
- To cut trees into logs.
- To cut down (trees). Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of fo
- To cut down trees in an area, harvesting and transporting the logs as wood.
log²
- /lɒɡ/ Northern England, UK
- /lɔɡ/ British, Scotland, Southern
- /lɔɡ/ US
- /lɑɡ/ US
- /lɑɡ/ US, cot caught merger
- /lɒɡ/ Canada
- /lɔɡ/ Australia
- /lɒɡ/ New Zealand
- [lɔ̟ɡ] ~ [lɞ̠ɡ] New Zealand
Rhymes with -ɒɡ, -ɔːɡ
Where it comes from
Clipping of logbook, itself from log (etymology 1) + book, from a wooden float (chip log) used to measure speed.
noun logs · logg · logge
- A logbook, or journal of a vessel's (or aircraft's) progress. The captain sat down to his log, and here is the beginning of the entry:...
- A chronological record of actions, performances, computer/network usage, etc.
- Specifically, an append-only sequential record of events written to a file, display, or other data stream.
- Logins, stolen login data. Swing me the log, I'm cashing it Tz got beef, you know that I'm backing it
verb logs · logging · logged · logg · logge
- To make, to add an entry (or more) in a log or logbook. to log the miles travelled by a ship
- To travel (a distance) as shown in a logbook.
- To travel at a specified speed, as ascertained by a chip log.
log³
- /lɒɡ/ Northern England, UK
- /lɔɡ/ British, Scotland, Southern
- /lɔɡ/ US
- /lɑɡ/ US
- /lɑɡ/ US, cot caught merger
- /lɒɡ/ Canada
- /lɔɡ/ Australia
- /lɒɡ/ New Zealand
- [lɔ̟ɡ] ~ [lɞ̠ɡ] New Zealand
Rhymes with -ɒɡ, -ɔːɡ
Where it comes from
Ellipsis of log out, itself from Etymology 2.
verb logs · logging · logged · logg · logge
- To log out; to disconnect from an online video game. A few times a year, the yeshiva held study competitions to see who could log the most hours learning, and students would study for hours and hours without stopping for anything.
log⁴
- /lɒɡ/ Northern England, UK
- /lɔɡ/ British, Scotland, Southern
- /lɔɡ/ US
- /lɑɡ/ US
- /lɑɡ/ US, cot caught merger
- /lɒɡ/ Canada
- /lɔɡ/ Australia
- /lɒɡ/ New Zealand
- [lɔ̟ɡ] ~ [lɞ̠ɡ] New Zealand
Rhymes with -ɒɡ, -ɔːɡ
verb logs · logging · logged · logg · logge
- To move to and fro; to rock.
log⁵
- /lɒɡ/ Northern England, UK
- /lɔɡ/ British, Scotland, Southern
- /lɔɡ/ US
- /lɑɡ/ US
- /lɑɡ/ US, cot caught merger
- /lɒɡ/ Canada
- /lɔɡ/ Australia
- /lɒɡ/ New Zealand
- [lɔ̟ɡ] ~ [lɞ̠ɡ] New Zealand
Rhymes with -ɒɡ, -ɔːɡ
Where it comes from
From Hebrew לֹג.
noun logs · logg · logge
- A Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about ¹⁄₃ liter). ...and one log of oil...
log⁶
- /lɒɡ/ Northern England, UK
- /lɔɡ/ British, Scotland, Southern
- /lɔɡ/ US
- /lɑɡ/ US
- /lɑɡ/ US, cot caught merger
- /lɒɡ/ Canada
- /lɔɡ/ Australia
- /lɒɡ/ New Zealand
- [lɔ̟ɡ] ~ [lɞ̠ɡ] New Zealand
Rhymes with -ɒɡ, -ɔːɡ
Where it comes from
A clipping of logarithm.
noun logs · logg · logge
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Synonym of logarithm.
To multiply two numbers, add their logs.
Similar: logarithm
- A difference of one in the logarithm, usually in base 10; an order of magnitude. During the first 24 hr, however, titers of the lightly piliated organisms in the kidney increased by 4 logs, whereas the heavily piliated P. mirabilis were virtually all eliminated.
LOG⁷
Where it comes from
Initialism.
proper noun LoG
- Lamb of God, an American groove metal band.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: backlog, corduroy, lumber, rough, unsmooth, logarithm, trunk, timber, bole, wood, marble, roundwood, logger, block, brink, board
Translations
Every language
noun trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
| Español | leño, tronco |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 통나무 tongnamu |
| 日本語 | 丸太 maruta, 丸木 maruki |
| 中文 | 圓木 /圆木 yuánmù |
| हिन्दी | कुंदा kundā, लट्ठा laṭṭhā |
| Kiswahili | gogo |
| Português | tora |
| Français | grume, tronc |
| Deutsch | Rundholz (forestial), Langholz (forestial), Baumstamm, Stamm |
| Italiano | tronco |
| Ελληνικά | κούτσουρο koútsouro, κορμός kormós |
| Română | buștean, trunchi |
| Русский | бревно́ brevnó, коло́да kolóda |
| Tiếng Việt | gỗ tròn |
| العربية | خَشَبَة ḵašaba |
| עברית | בּוּל עֵץ bul 'etz |
noun bulky piece of timber
| Español | leño |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 통나무 tongnamu |
| 日本語 | 薪 maki |
| 中文 | 木頭 /木头 mùtou |
| Kiswahili | gogo |
| Português | tora, cepo |
| Français | bûche |
| Deutsch | Sägerundholz (forestial), Kurzholz (forestial), Rundbalken, Stammabschnitt, Stammstück, Holzklotz |
| Italiano | tronchetto, ceppo |
| Ελληνικά | κούτσουρο koútsouro |
| Русский | бревно́ brevnó, поле́но poléno, коло́да kolóda |
noun nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel
| Español | registro |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 測程儀 sokuteigi |
| 中文 | 計程儀 /计程仪 jìchéngyí |
| Português | barquilha, barquinha |
| Français | loch |
| Deutsch | Log |
| Italiano | solcometro |
| Ελληνικά | δρομόμετρο dromómetro |
| Русский | лаг lag |
| עברית | לוֹג log, מַד מְהִירוּת mad mehirut |
verb to cut down trees
| Español | talar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 伐採 bassai |
| Português | cortar |
| Français | couper, abattre |
| Ελληνικά | υλοτομώ ylotomó |
noun chronological record
| 日本語 | 履歴 rireki, 記録 kiroku, ログ rogu |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | χρονολογία chronología |
| Русский | журна́л žurnál, рее́стр rejéstr |
| עברית | יומן yomán |
noun (computer) an append-only sequence of records written to disk
| 中文 | 日誌 /日志 rìzhì |
|---|---|
| Русский | лог log |
| עברית | יומן yomán |
verb make an entry in a log
| Español | registrar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 記録する kirokusuru |
| Português | lançar |
| Deutsch | protokollieren |
| עברית | רשם rashám |
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title = {log},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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