“logs” is a form of
log
UK /lɒɡ/ · US /lɔɡ/ noun, verb, proper noun
Forms logs logging logged logg logge
- noun The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches. “They walked across the stream on a fallen log.”
- noun Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc.
- noun A unit of length equivalent to 16 feet, used for measuring timber, especially the trunk of a tree.
- noun (figuratively) Any cylinder; anything shaped like a tree log, particularly:
- noun A rolled cake with filling.
- noun (vulgar) A solid and long piece of feces.
- noun (vulgar) The penis.
- noun (nautical) A floating device, usually of wood, used in navigation to estimate the speed of a vessel through water.
- verb (transitive) To cut trees into logs.
- verb (transitive) To cut down (trees).
- verb (intransitive) To cut down trees in an area, harvesting and transporting the logs as wood.
- noun A logbook, or journal of a vessel's (or aircraft's) progress.
- noun A chronological record of actions, performances, computer/network usage, etc.
- noun (computer science) Specifically, an append-only sequential record of events written to a file, display, or other data stream.
- verb (transitive) To make, to add an entry (or more) in a log or logbook. “to log the miles travelled by a ship”
- verb (transitive) To travel (a distance) as shown in a logbook.
- verb (transitive) To travel at a specified speed, as ascertained by a chip log.
- verb (video games) To log out; to disconnect from an online video game. “You only won that game because your last opponent logged. That's no fair!”
- verb (obsolete) To move to and fro; to rock.
- noun (historical units of measure) A Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about ¹⁄₃ liter).
Synonyms
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Etymology
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.
Clipping of logbook, itself from log (etymology 1) + book, from a wooden float (chip log) used to measure speed.
Ellipsis of log out, itself from Etymology 2.
From Hebrew לֹג.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing 2.37 gills. W. H. Ward.
- noun A bulky piece of wood which has not been shaped by hewing or sawing.
- noun An apparatus for measuring the rate of a ship's motion through the water.
- verb , To enter in a ship's log book; as, to log the miles run. J. F. Cooper.
Etymology [Heb. log.]
Etymology [Icel. lag a felled tree, log; akin to E. lie. See Lie to lie prostrate.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “log”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details