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See also lóg, lög, and løg

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[edit] Translingual

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[edit] Symbol

log

  1. (mathematics) logarithm
    if x = by then logb(x) = y
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[edit] Etymology 1

Recorded since 1398, of unknown origin. The theory from Old Norse lág (“‘a felled tree’”)[1] is widely doubted on phonological grounds; an alternative is sound expression of the notion of something massive

[edit] Noun

Singular
log

Plural
logs

log (plural logs)

  1. The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.
    They walked across the stream on a fallen log.
  2. Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc.
  3. (nautical) A chip log, a device used in navigation to estimate the speed of a vessel through water.
  4. A logbook.
  5. (figuratively) A blockhead, very dumb person.
  6. (surfing slang) A longboard.
    I know he hadn’t surfed on a log much in his childhood — Neal Miyake 1999 [1]
  7. (figuratively) A rolled cake with filling; Swiss roll.
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Terms derived from log (noun)
[edit] Translations
trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
bulky piece of timber
blockhead — see blockhead, dumb person
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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to log

Third person singular
logs

Simple past
logged

Past participle
logged

Present participle
logging

to log (third-person singular simple present logs, present participle logging, simple past and past participle logged)

  1. (transitive) To cut trees into logs
  2. (transitive) To cut down (trees).
  3. (transitive) To travel at a specified speed, as ascertained by log chip
  4. (intransitive) To cut down trees in an area, harvesting and transporting the logs as wood
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cut down trees

[edit] Etymology 2

From logbook, itself from log (above) + book

[edit] Noun

Singular
log

Plural
logs

log (plural logs)

  1. A logbook, or journal of a vessel (or aircraft)'s progress
  2. A record of performance etc.
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logbook
record — see record

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to log

Third person singular
logs

Simple past
logged

Past participle
logged

Present participle
logging

to log (third-person singular simple present logs, present participle logging, simple past and past participle logged)

  1. (transitive) To make, to add an entry (or more) in a log(book).
  2. (transitive) To travel (a distance) as shown in a logbook
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make an entry in a log

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  • Notes:
  1. ^ log in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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[edit] Etymology 1

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Presumably Germanic, cognates may include English log, lag, Middle Low German luggich 'slow'

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log, logge (comparative logger, loggere; superlative logst, logste)

  1. lumbering, inert, slow in movement; immobile
  2. (originally) plumb, (too) heavy in built ande/or weight
  3. cumbersome, hard to move or change
  4. dull, uninspired
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[edit] Etymology 2

Germanic: cognate with liegen 'to (tell a) lie', German lügen

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log n. (plural loggen, diminutive logje, diminutive plural logjes)

  1. A lie, violation of the truth
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Germanic: from equivalent German Loch 'hole, opening, cavity'

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log n. (plural loggen, diminutive logje, diminutive plural logjes)

  1. (obsolete) An alternative form of loch
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Germanic: from English log (cfr. supra), sense (and short for) chip log

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log (plural loggen, diminutive logje, diminutive plural logjes)

  1. A chip log, instrument to measure a vessel's speed
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log

  1. imperative and singular present imperfect forms of loggen (cfr. supra)

[edit] Latvian

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log

  1. Singular vocative of logs.

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singular plural
nominative logs logi
genitive loga logu
dative logam logiem
accusative logu logus
locative logā logos
vocative log logi

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[edit] Etymology 1

Germanic *loga-, from Indo-European *legh-. Cognate with Old Frisian lōch, Old High German luog. The IE root is also the source of Greek λεκτρον, Latin lectus ‘bed’, Celtic *leg- (Old Irish lige, Irish luighe), Slavic *ležati (Russian лежать).

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lōg n.

  1. A place, stead
    on his log: in his place; instead of him.
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Inflected forms.

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lōg

  1. first-person singular preterite of lēan
  2. third-person singular preterite of lēan

[edit] Slovene

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lóg

  1. A grove
  2. A small forest

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log

  1. Past tense of le.

[edit] Volapük

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Compound of French le and German Auge

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log

  1. An eye

[edit] Declension

    declension of log
singular plural
nominative log logs
accusative logi logis
genitive loga logas
dative loge loges
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