What does log mean?
Log means The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches..
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/lɒɡ/ · noun
The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches..
They walked across the stream on a fallen log.
Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, "Let me take the speck out of your eye," and behold, the log is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.
[…] it was a thing of sinuous durability, wound around the spirit like a tapeworm around a log of shit.
Dip both sides in the sauce on the plate and then arrange a log of cheese filling down the middle of the tortilla.
Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles.
The captain sat down to his log, and here is the beginning of the entry:...
The scientific instruments of the day recorded rapid fluctuations in the Earth's magnetic field, as powerful electrical currents flowed through the upper atmosphere. Ships' logs noted observations of the northern lights as far south as the Caribbean, and telegraph systems across the world were disrupted as electrical currents were induced in the copper lines.
to log the miles travelled by a ship
Use log when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Log means The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches..
Common synonyms include logarithm, lumber, corduroy, backlog.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
They walked across the stream on a fallen log.
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