log [loglogsloggedlogging] noun, verb BrE [lɒɡ] NAmE [lɔːɡ] NAmE [lɑːɡ] noun 1. a thick piece of wood that is cut from or has fallen from a tree •logs for the fire 2. (alsolog·book)an official record of events during a particular period of time, especially a journey on a ship or plane •The captain keeps a log. 3. (informal) = ↑logarithm see as easy as falling off a log at ↑easyadj., sleep like a log/baby at ↑sleepv.
Word Origin: n. senses 1 to 2 and v. Middle English (in the sense ‘bulky mass of wood’): of unknown origin; perhaps symbolic of the notion of heaviness.
Example Bank: •I added another log to the fire. •I checked the server's error logs. •She kept a log of their voyage. •The fire is dying down— would you throw on another log? •The lawyers will review phone logs and other records. •The road was blocked by fallen logs. •They haul the logs into the sawmill. •This feature continuously updates the log as data is written. •a pile of sawn logs •logs crackling in the fireplace •A senior officer made a note in the ship's log. •She quickly checked the log. •The captain's log stopped abruptly in May 1944. •They keep a log of any accidents that occur at work. Derived: ↑log in▪ ↑log off▪ ↑log somebody in▪ ↑log somebody off
verb (-gg-) 1.~ sth to put information in an official record or write a record of events Syn: ↑record •The police log all phone calls. 2.~ sth to travel a particular distance or for a particular length of time Syn: clock up •The pilot has logged 1 000 hours in the air. 3.~ sth to cut down trees in a forest for their wood Verb forms:
Word Origin: n. senses 1 to 2 and v. Middle English (in the sense ‘bulky mass of wood’): of unknown origin; perhaps symbolic of the notion of heaviness.
Example Bank: •All phone calls were recorded on tape and logged. •It was a diary logging life on a sailing ship in the 1870s. •The call was logged at 16.20. •The crimes were logged but not investigated.
