log

Plurallogs

Formslogs, logging, logged

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A large piece of a tree trunk or branch, either fallen or cut, especially for use as timber or firewood.

   She split each log into kindling for the stove.

   Trucks hauled freshly cut logs from the forest to the sawmill.

   Note

   Bulk is what this sense brings, and the New American Standard Bible of 1995 puts it to work in Matthew 7, setting the log in your own eye against the speck in your brother's. The image depends on the size gap: a hulking cut of timber beside a mote. It fits anyone quick to find a small fault in others while blind to a far larger one of their own. Source

   Checked 31 Oct 2026 · 4 facts

   • There is a 1995 revision of the New American Standard Bible. bible.lockman.org
   • Matthew 7 in NASB1995 contrasts the log in one's own eye with the speck in one's brother's eye. search.biblegateway.com
   • The image contrasts a small particle with a large piece of timber. en.wikipedia.org
   • The image applies to people who criticize others' small faults while overlooking their own larger faults. en.wikipedia.org
2. 2
   nouncountable

   An official or systematic record of events in the order they happen, such as a ship's or aircraft's journey or a computer's activity.

   The maintenance log shows every repair made to the elevator since 2019.

   She reviewed her workout logs to track her progress over the year.

   UsageUsually you keep a log of something and write entries in the log.

   Similarrecord, journal, logbook, register

3. 3
   enter in recordverbtransitive

   To make or add an entry recording (something) in a log or logbook.

   Air traffic controllers log each handoff as it occurs.

   The technician logged the outage in the maintenance record at 3:14 a.m.

   UsageYou log something in a book or system. Log in and log out mean signing in to or out of a computer.

   Similarrecord, note, register, enter, document

4. 4
   verbtransitive or intransitive

   To cut down trees in an area and cut them into logs for timber.

   The company plans to log the hillside next spring.

   Crews log here only in winter, when the frozen ground protects the soil.

   UsageThe work itself is usually called logging, as in a logging company or logging roads.

5. 5
   math functionnouncountable

   A logarithm, the power to which a base must be raised to produce a given number.

   To solve the equation, take the log of both sides.

   The decibel scale uses logs to compress a huge range of sound intensities.

   UsageUsually the log of a number, as in take the log of both sides.

   Similarlogarithm

   Note

   Mathematicians clip logarithm to log, and the short form carries the classic rule: to multiply two numbers, add their logs. Written without a base, log is ambiguous. It usually means base 10 in engineering and applied work, the natural logarithm in much pure mathematics, and base 2 in computer science. Check the convention before trusting a formula. Source

   Checked 31 Oct 2026 · 2 facts

   • Log is a shortened form of logarithm. cs.cornell.edu
   • Adding two numbers’ logarithms gives the logarithm of their product, using the same base and positive numbers. en.wikipedia.org
6. 6
   nouncountable

   Anything having a roughly cylindrical shape, like a section of tree trunk.

   Chill the cookie dough in a log and slice off rounds as needed.

   The gym mats were rolled into tight logs and stacked along the wall.

   UsageOften a log of something soft, such as a log of cookie dough or goat cheese.

   Similarroll, cylinder

   Note

   Kitchen writing leans on this sense. Edward Espe Brown's The Complete Tassajara Cookbook arranges "a log of cheese filling" down a tortilla. The same shape-word underlies the rolled cake. The frame can also turn crude, as in Glen Duncan's Hope (1997), so context matters. Source

   Checked 2 Nov 2026 · 2 facts

   • Edward Espe Brown’s The Complete Tassajara Cookbook contains the quoted phrase in instructions for filling a tortilla. en.wiktionary.org
   • Glen Duncan wrote Hope, first published in 1997. canongate.co.uk
7. 7
   verbtransitive

   To travel a particular distance or at a particular speed, or to accumulate an amount of time doing something, as recorded in a log.

   By season's end, the trucker had logged over a hundred thousand miles.

   Long-haul pilots log hundreds of flight hours every year.

   UsageUsually with an amount: log a hundred miles, log flight hours.

   Similarclock, cover, accumulate

8. 8
   quit gameverbintransitive

   To disconnect from an online video game; to log out.

   She logged right before the boss fight, leaving the team short a healer.

   Don't log yet, because we need you for one more round.

   UsageCombat log specifically means leaving a game during combat to avoid your character dying.

   Similarquit, leave, disconnect, exit

   Oppositejoin

   Note

   Gamers clipped log out down to the bare verb, and they use it without an object: your opponent logged, don't log yet. It usually means leaving in the middle of a session, often abruptly. Source

   Checked 2 Nov 2026 · 1 fact

   • The gaming verb log is shortened from log out. en.wiktionary.org

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