Pronunciations (3)
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/lɒɡ/
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/lɔɡ/
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/lɑɡ/
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- cot-caught-merger
Noun
The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.
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They walked across the stream on a fallen log.
Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc.
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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 see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.
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
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3. An apparatus for cutting a log of paper or the like into a plurality of sections of predetermined length[.]
Dip both sides in the sauce on the plate and then arrange a log of cheese filling down the middle of the tortilla.
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2. Apply a light film of hand balm in the mold. Roll a log of metal clay and press it into the mold channel (b).
Any cylinder; anything shaped like a tree log A rolled cake with filling.
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Any cylinder; anything shaped like a tree log A solid and long piece of feces.
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Any cylinder; anything shaped like a tree log The penis.
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A floating device, usually of wood, used in navigation to estimate the speed of a vessel through water.
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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, and according to custom the Log is thrown every two hours, and I never knew the course nearer expressed on the Log-board, then to half a point of the Compass.
A blockhead; a very stupid person.
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A heavy longboard.
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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
To cut trees into logs.
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To cut down (trees).
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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 foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles.
To cut down trees in an area, harvesting and transporting the logs as wood.
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Noun
A logbook, or journal of a vessel's (or aircraft's) progress.
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The captain sat down to his log, and here is the beginning of the entry:...
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The scientific instruments of the day recorded rapid fluctuations in the Earth's magnetic field, as powerful electrical currents flowed through the upper atmosphere. Ships' logs noted observations of the northern lights as far south as the Caribbean, and telegraph systems across the world were disrupted as electrical currents were induced in the copper lines.
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.
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To make, to add an entry (or more) in a log or logbook.
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to log the miles travelled by a ship
To travel (a distance) as shown in a logbook.
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To travel at a specified speed, as ascertained by a chip log.
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To log out; to disconnect from an online video game.
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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.
You only won that game because your last opponent logged. That's no fair!
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To move to and fro; to rock.
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Noun
A Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about ¹⁄₃ liter).
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...and one log of oil...
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In the Hebrew system the log (Lev. xiv. 10) corresponds to the mina. Since the Hellenistic writers equate the log with the Græco-Roman sextarius, whatever these writers say on the relation of the sextarius to other measures applies also to the relation of these measures to the log. The log and the sextarius, however, are not equal in capacity. The sextarius is estimated at .547 liter, while there is no reason to regard the log as larger than the Babylonian mina, especially as other references of the Greek metrologists support the assumption that the log was equal to the mina. The fact that in the Old Testament the log is mentioned only as a fluid measure may be merely accidental, for the dry measures, which are distinguished in all other cases from the liquid measures, also have the log as their unit. The corresponding dry measure may, however, have been known under a different name.
Noun
Synonym of logarithm.
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To multiply two numbers, add their logs.
A difference of one in the logarithm, usually in base 10; an order of magnitude.
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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.
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a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
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the exponent required to produce a given number
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a written record of messages sent or received
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they kept a log of all transmission by the radio station
an email log
a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane)
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measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water
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Verb
enter into a log, as on ships and planes
cut lumber, as in woods and forests
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