log

1. (verb) enter into a log, as on ships and planes
Related Words: enter, put down, record

2. (verb) cut lumber, as in woods and forests
Synonyms: lumber
Related Words: cut down, drop, fell, strike down

3. (noun) a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water
Related Words: harpoon log, measuring instrument, measuring system, patent log, screw log, taffrail log

4. (noun) a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane)
Related Words: written account, written record

5. (noun) a written record of the transmissions by a radio station
Related Words: written account, written record

6. (noun) a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
Related Words: wood

7. (satellite adjective) (of roads) made of logs laid down crosswise; "a corduroy road"
Synonyms: corduroy

8. (noun) the exponent required to produce a given number
Synonyms: logarithm
Related Words: Napierian logarithm, common logarithm, exponent, index, natural logarithm, power

9. (noun) large log at the back of a hearth fire
Synonyms: backlog
Related Words: Yule log, firewood



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