Definition of "log" in Anglais

noun

1. The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.

   • They walked across the stream on a fallen log.

2. Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc.

3. A unit of length equivalent to 16 feet, used for measuring timber, especially the trunk of a tree.

4. Anything shaped like a log; a cylinder.

5. (nautical) A floating device, usually of wood, used in navigation to estimate the speed of a vessel through water.

6. (figuratively) A blockhead; a very stupid person.

7. (surfing slang) A heavy longboard.

8. (figuratively) A rolled cake with filling.

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

10. (vulgar) A piece of feces.

11. (vulgar) A penis.

verb

1. (transitive) To cut trees into logs.

2. (transitive) To cut down (trees).

3. (intransitive) To cut down trees in an area, harvesting and transporting the logs as wood.

noun

1. A logbook, or journal of a vessel's (or aircraft's) progress.

2. A chronological record of actions, performances, computer/network usage, etc.

3. (computer science) Specifically, an append-only sequential record of events written to a file, display, or other data stream.

verb

1. (transitive) To make, to add an entry (or more) in a log or logbook.

   • to log the miles travelled by a ship

2. (transitive) To travel (a distance) as shown in a logbook.

3. (transitive) To travel at a specified speed, as ascertained by a chip log.

verb

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

   • You only won that game because your last opponent logged. That's no fair!

verb

1. (obsolete) To move to and fro; to rock.

noun

1. (historical units of measure) A Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about ¹⁄₃ liter).

   • In the Hebrew system the log (Lev. xiv. 10) corresponds to the mina. Since the Hellenistic writers equate the log with the Græco-Roman sextarius, whatever these writers say on the relation of the sextarius to other measures applies also to the relation of these measures to the log. The log and the sextarius, however, are not equal in capacity. The sextarius is estimated at .547 liter, while there is no reason to regard the log as larger than the Babylonian mina, especially as other references of the Greek metrologists support the assumption that the log was equal to the mina. The fact that in the Old Testament the log is mentioned only as a fluid measure may be merely accidental, for the dry measures, which are distinguished in all other cases from the liquid measures, also have the log as their unit. The corresponding dry measure may, however, have been known under a different name.