Log (Verb)
Meaning 1
Enter into a log, as on ships and planes.
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The captain took the time to log the ship's coordinates before charting the next course.
- Before taking off, the pilot logged the plane's fuel level in the flight logbook.
- All notable incidents during the voyage must be logged in the captain's log as soon as possible.
- After completing each flight, the pilot reviews and logs the aircraft's maintenance needs.
- To investigate the helicopter accident, investigators carefully examined every detail logged in its flight record.
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Meaning 2
Cut lumber, as in woods and forests.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The logging crew spent all morning cutting trees to log the entire section of the forest.
- After the chainsaw broke, they couldn't log as many trees as they had planned.
- To replenish the city's wood supply, the foresters needed to log several hundred more trees.
- In years past, thousands of trees had been logged to clear land for farming.
- The foresters carefully marked the area they intended to log, leaving any sensitive habitats untouched.