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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
log1
 
PRONUNCIATION:  lôg, lg
NOUN:1a. A usually large section of a trunk or limb of a fallen or felled tree. b. A long thick section of trimmed, unhewn timber. 2. Nautical a. A device trailed from a ship to determine its speed through the water. b. A record of a ship's speed, its progress, and any shipboard events of navigational importance. c. The book in which this record is kept. 3. A record of a vehicle's performance, as the flight record of an aircraft. 4. A record, as of the performance of a machine or the progress of an undertaking: a computer log; a trip log.
VERB:Inflected forms: logged, log·ging, logs
TRANSITIVE VERB:1a. To cut down, trim, and haul the timber of (a piece of land). b. To cut (timber) into unhewn sections. 2. To enter in a record, as of a ship or an aircraft. 3. To travel (a specified distance, time, or speed): logged 30,000 air miles in April. 4. To spend or accumulate (time): had logged 25 years with the company.
INTRANSITIVE VERB: To cut down, trim, and haul timber.
PHRASAL VERBS:log in (or on) To enter into a computer the information required to begin a session. log out (or off) To enter into a computer the command to end a session.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English logge.
 
 
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