See Also:

log(3) (iou)



log verb1. Infl. -gg-. E17.
[from LOG noun1.]
verb intrans. Be like a log, be sluggish. Only in E17.
verb trans. Orig., bring (a tree) to the state of a log; deprive of branches. Later, cut (timber) into logs; (chiefly N. Amer.) clear (a region) of logs or trees (also foll. by off, over, up). L17.
H. D. Thoreau Only a little spruce and hemlock beside had been logged here.
b. verb intrans. Fell timber and cut the wood into logs. Cf. earlier LOGGING noun 1. Orig. US. M19.
C. L. Skinner They always went upstream to log, and let the current bring down the timber.
c. verb trans. Foll. by up: pile (logs, debris, etc.) together for final clearance by burning after an initial bush burn has taken place. NZ colloq. L19.
verb intrans. Orig. (of water), lie heavily in a ship. Later, lie motionless like a log. M18.
T. Woolner The logging crocodiles' Outrageous bulk.
verb trans. Military History. Inflict on (an offender) the punishment of the log (LOG noun1 2b). E19.
verb trans.
a. Orig. Nautical. Enter (esp. the distance made by a ship) as information in a log or logbook; gen. enter (information) in a regular record. Also foll. by down, up. E19.
N. H. Bishop Logging with pleasure my day's run at sixty-seven miles. D. Caute Female cousins..neatly logged in Elizabeth's address book as Aunt This and Aunt That.
b. Esp. of a ship: achieve or cover (a certain distance); travel at (a certain speed). Also, attain as a cumulative total of time, distance, etc., which is entered in a regular record. L19.
Listener The Graf Zeppelin was the first aircraft to log over a million miles. H. Allen She logs about ten knots in this breeze.
c. Nautical. Fine. (From the entering of details of offenders and offences committed in a logbook.) L19.
verb trans. Lay out (a road) with a layer of logs. L19.
verb intrans. Mining. Make a log support for a windlass. Foll. by up. Austral. L19.
verb intrans. & trans.
a. Foll. by in, on: go through the procedure, as entering a password or identification number at a terminal, which gives access to a computer system; gain access for (a person) by logging in. (Foll. by to.) M20.
b. Foll. by off, out: go through the procedure, as entering a command at a terminal, which ends access to a computer system; end access for (a person) by logging off. M20.
Comb.: LOG-IN; log-off the action or an act of logging off; LOG-ON; log-out = log-off above.