log

Definitions

1. 1noun

   A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing 2.37 gills.

2. 2noun

   A bulky piece of wood which has not been shaped by hewing or sawing.

3. 3noun

   An apparatus for measuring the rate of a ship's motion through the water.

4. 4noun

   Hence: The record of the rate of ship's speed or of her daily progress; also, the full nautical record of a ship's cruise or voyage; a log slate; a log book.

5. 5noun

   A record and tabulated statement of the work done by an engine, as of a steamship, of the coal consumed, and of other items relating to the performance of machinery during a given time.

6. 6noun

   A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.

7. 7transitive verb

   To enter in a ship's log book; as, to log the miles run.

8. 8intransitive verb

   To engage in the business of cutting or transporting logs for timber; to get out logs.

9. 9intransitive verb

   To move to and fro; to rock.

10. 10noun

    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

11. 11noun

    a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane)

12. 12noun

    a written record of messages sent or received

    "they kept a log of all transmission by the radio station"

    "an email log"

13. 13noun

    the exponent required to produce a given number

    Synonyms

    logarithm
14. 14noun

    a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches

15. 15verb

    enter into a log, as on ships and planes

16. 16verb

    cut lumber, as in woods and forests

    Synonyms

    lumber