log en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- /lɔɡ/ (General-American)
- /lɑɡ/ (cot-caught-merger)
- /lɒɡ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Middle English logge, logg (first recorded in Anglo-Latin as loggum), of uncertain origin, but probably from Old Norse lóg, lág (“felled tree, log”), derived from Old Norse liggja (“to lie”). If so, then cognate with Norwegian låg (“fallen tree”), Dutch loog (“wood, timber, lumber”). Alternatively, directly from Norwegian låg (“fallen tree”), which could have been borrowed through the Norwegian timber trade. However the Old Norse/Middle Norwegian vowel is long while Middle English vowel is short.
Meanings
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The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.
They walked across the stream on a fallen log.
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Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc.
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.
1995, New American Standard Bible: Matthew 7, 3 - 5:
- A unit of length equivalent to 16 feet, used for measuring timber, especially the trunk of a tree.
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(figuratively) Any cylinder; anything shaped like a tree log, particularly
2. Apply a light film of hand balm in the mold. Roll a log of metal clay and press it into the mold channel (b).
2013, Patricia Kimle, Perfectly Paired: Designing Jewelry With Polymer and Metal Clays, Kalmbach Books, →ISBN, METAL CLAY COMPONENTS, page 55:3. An apparatus for cutting a log of paper or the like into a plurality of sections of predetermined length[.]
1968, Paper Converting Machine Co., Inc. V. FMC Corporation, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, page 1331:Dip both sides in the sauce on the plate and then arrange a log of cheese filling down the middle of the tortilla.
2011, Edward Espe Brown, The Complete Tassajara Cookbook:
- (figuratively) Any cylinder; anything shaped like a tree log ▸ A rolled cake with filling.
- (figuratively, vulgar) Any cylinder; anything shaped like a tree log ▸ A solid and long piece of feces.
- (figuratively, vulgar) Any cylinder; anything shaped like a tree log ▸ The penis.
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A floating device, usually of wood, used in navigation to estimate the speed of a vessel through water.
1659, Navigation by the Mariners Plain Scale New Plain'd, by John Collins Every Noon the Master and his Mates take the reckoning off the Log-board, and double the Knots run, and then divide the Product, which is the number of Miles run by three, the quotient is the Leagues run since the former Noon, and according to custom the Log is thrown every two hours, and I never knew the course nearer expressed on the Log-board, then to half a point of the Compass.
- (figuratively) A blockhead; a very stupid person.
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(slang) A heavy longboard.
I know [Buddy] hadn't surfed on a log much in his childhood, but he must've been watching them Makaha rippah's.
1999 June 19, Neal Miyake, “SURF OBSERVATIONS”, in HI Surf Advisory, archived from the original on 23 Jan 2000:
- A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| logg | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| logge | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| logs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
log flume · logway · murder log · logjam · loggish · log book · logmaker · patent log · log ride · loglet · log reel · logger · log boat · stoplog · ants on a log · nurse log · logrunner · log burner · sleep like a log · easy as rolling off a log · Christmas log · like falling off a log · log jam · logman · log chip · log scaler · like a bump on a log · moorlog · footlog · log cabin · loghouse · lick log · sawlog · logboard · putlog · log dog · like rolling off a log · log washer · Dutchman's log · easy as falling off a log · log-burner · logget · hand log · logrolling · log splitter · heave the log · logperch · log-glass · loggy · flog the log · drop a log · log car · logwood · backlog · log drive · as easy as rolling off a log · loglike · firelog · logboat
Hypernyms
Synonyms
willie · hairy canary · shaft · hot rod · colloquial · wiener · baloney pony · love stick · whang · jock · wick · wingwang · man-meat · shmekl (q · peter · member · python · third leg · hot dog · gun · pipe · meat scepter · dingus · hog · dink · love wand · tool · schlong · love truncheon · snake · pingas · schmuck · jade stalk · diddly · sausage · crank · pee-wee · thing · jigger · rod · pink cigar · jimmy · custard launcher · tarse · fucker · piece of pork · John Thomas · dick · pillicock · trouser snake · doodle · hooter · dicklet · cigar · unit · job · love sausage · fire hose · thingy · nature's scythe · johnson · meat · meatstick · pickle · Percy · sucker · dipstick · old fellow · phallus · salami · wang · pintle · root · trouser monkey · toy · bobby · ying-yang · stem · truncheon · Master John Goodfellow · package · D · eel · knob · skin flute · meat puppet · pecker · joint · tic tac · wee-wee · pee-pee · dog bone · dock · dingaling · stretcher · ding-dong · choad · peener · lingam · pink oboe · love muscle · hammer · magnum · machine · virile member · Donkey Kong · male member · tallywhacker · swipe · diddle · membrum virile · ding-a-ling · weenie · rutter · kielbasa · widdler · peen · willy · meat stick · corey · hose · lad · pork sword · piece · Yiddish) · tadger · cack · weeny · boonga · meat rod · it · fish · birdie · tongue · shlong · pizzle · fuckpole · dingle · chopper · disco stick · cock · bird · dinkle · joystick · pike · down · bald-headed hermit · jamoke · Excalibur · spitstick · chode · ramrod · one-eyed trouser snake · winky · manhood · pego · choda · putz · tail · cucumber · tagger · langer · anaconda · dingy · old chap · todger · gherkin · winkle · yard · hoo-hoo · widgie · tube steak · penis · eggplant · plonker · sex tool · hagfish · pisser · donger · dirk · dinger · organ · purple-headed yogurt slinger · Jonathan · nob · dork · dong · banana · prick · short arm · pistol · snausage · piston · p-word · whale · verge · rape tool · weapon · pud
Translations (191)
izh palkki (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · pt tora (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · et ront (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · hi लट्ठा (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · es registro (nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel) · rgn zöc (Bassa Romagna) (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · fi puunrunko (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · cmn 圓木 /圆木 (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · ca tronc (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · lv bluķis (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · pl polano (bulky piece of timber) · cmn 計程儀 /计程仪 (nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel) · vi gỗ tròn (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · pt cepo (bulky piece of timber) · ja 丸太 (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · da log (nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel) · izh hers (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · ota كوتوك (bulky piece of timber) · msk batang (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · tr kütük (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · it solcometro (nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel) · ja 薪 (bulky piece of timber) · fi loki (nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel) · alt айылдыҥ базырузы (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · it ceppo (bulky piece of timber) · de Log (nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel) · scn zuccu (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · el κούτσουρο (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · mn гуалин (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · ko 통나무 (bulky piece of timber) · sk brvno (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · th ท่อน (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · tl punghal (bulky piece of timber) · my တုံး (bulky piece of timber) · ja 測程儀 (nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel) · gd sgonn (bulky piece of timber) · my တုံး (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · uz yogʻoch (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · sk klada (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · gd sgonn (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · az şalban (bulky piece of timber) · sw gogo (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · tl kalap (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · cs kmen (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · cu брьвьно (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · el κούτσουρο (bulky piece of timber) · pt barquilha (nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel) · oc cepa (bulky piece of timber) · uk коло́да (bulky piece of timber) · nl boomstam (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · et palk (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · uk бервено́ (bulky piece of timber) · hy գերան (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · sk kmeň (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · es leño (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · cs kláda (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · gl rebolo (bulky piece of timber) · ru бревно́ (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · bo ཤིང་དུམ (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · de Rundbalken (bulky piece of timber) · it tronchetto (bulky piece of timber) · tr tomruk (bulky piece of timber) · sv logg (nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel) · gl tora (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · sh бр́вно (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · de Sägerundholz (forestial) (bulky piece of timber) · fr bûche (bulky piece of timber) · umu ăpánzhuy (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · oc fusta (bulky piece of timber) · ro buștean (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · lo ຂອນ (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · uz xoda (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · ca tió (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · cs poleno (bulky piece of timber) · de Holzklotz (bulky piece of timber) · ota كوتوك (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · fi runko (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · ga bloc (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · mk клада (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · la tignum (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · sk poleno (bulky piece of timber) · nl houtblok (bulky piece of timber) · ko 통나무 (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · grc στέλεχος (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · ru коло́да (bulky piece of timber) · el δρομόμετρο (nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel) · mi kōporo (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · sh bŕvno (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · he מַד מְהִירוּת (nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel) · de Langholz (forestial) (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · oc estèla (bulky piece of timber) · ca tronc (bulky piece of timber) · ang stocc (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · tl punghal (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · rgn zòc (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · es leño (bulky piece of timber) · km ដុល (bulky piece of timber) · izh hersi (bulky piece of timber) · de Stammstück (bulky piece of timber) · is drumbur (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · sv stock (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · kk бөрене (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · ru лаг (nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel) · az tir (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · pl bierwiono (bulky piece of timber) · et pakk (bulky piece of timber) · yi ליפּע (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · alt јадык (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · fr tronc (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · cmn 木頭 /木头 (bulky piece of timber) · be кало́да (bulky piece of timber) · tl troso (bulky piece of timber) · bg дъ́нер (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · la cala (bulky piece of timber) · yi בערווענע (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · nn logg (nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel) · mk стебло (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · be бервяно́ (bulky piece of timber) · he בּוּל עֵץ (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · pl kłoda (bulky piece of timber) · uk коло́да (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · sl hlod (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · izh palkki (bulky piece of timber) · ru коло́да (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · lo ຕົ້ນ (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · pt tora (bulky piece of timber) · oc bilhon (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · fa کُندِه (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · otk 𐰃𐰍𐰲 (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · ru бревно́ (bulky piece of timber) · pl kłoda (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · nb logg (nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel) · la stīpes (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · de Stamm (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · lt malka (bulky piece of timber) · de Rundholz (forestial) (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · fi tukki (bulky piece of timber) · ja 丸木 (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · eo ŝtipo (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · az şalban (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · nl boomstronk (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · sw gogo (bulky piece of timber) · uk бервено́ (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · fr grume (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · cy cyff (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · th ซุง (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · alt агаш (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · sh klada (bulky piece of timber) · kpv кер (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · es tronco (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · orv бьрьвьно (bulky piece of timber) · ota طومروق (bulky piece of timber) · km ហ៊ុប (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · ms balak (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · et palk (bulky piece of timber) · be бервяно́ (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · orv колода (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · tg ғӯлачӯб (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · de Baumstamm (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · be пале́на (bulky piece of timber) · hi कुंदा (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · pt barquinha (nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel) · fi hirsi (bulky piece of timber) · it tronco (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · orv бьрьвьно (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · cy boncyff (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · ang stocc (bulky piece of timber) · ro trunchi (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · uk полі́но (bulky piece of timber) · lv baļķis (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · be бярно́ (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · be кало́да (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · ky жумуру жыгач (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · sv stock (bulky piece of timber) · nog бурыс (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · oc tronc (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · ka მორი (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · gl rolla (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · de Kurzholz (forestial) (bulky piece of timber) · fr loch (nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel) · orv полѣно (bulky piece of timber) · de Stammabschnitt (bulky piece of timber) · he לוֹג (nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel) · pl kloc (bulky piece of timber) · lt rąstas (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · el κορμός (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · tg кунда (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · ru поле́но (bulky piece of timber) · ar خَشَبَة (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) · bg лаг (nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel) · tg болор (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches)