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to log

to log

37 4.4
To cut down trees to get wood
  • verb
  • /lɔg/
translation icon : talar
  • After the storm, they started to log the fallen trees to clear the area.
  • selectively logged
  • logged forests
  • logged areas

Examples

  • Instead of permitting these areas to be logged, federal agencies are supposed to provide replacement timber to purchasers.

    Academic text (1997)

  • The company plans to log several acres of forest for new housing developments.

  • Situation 4: Old growth forest in nearby hills is to be logged for the first time.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Well, I mean, we're logging the forests, we're closing in on 'em.

    Sasquatch (2002)

  • The area was lightly logged 50-60 years ago, as indicated by large ponderosa pine stumps.

    Academic text (2016)

  • In the northern regions, people have been known to log large amounts of timber for export.

Synonyms

to timber
vsto log
  • UK
2 4.4

To cut down trees and prepare them for wood

focuses only on cutting down trees in forests without preparing them
to lumber
vsto log
  • US
1 4.4

To cut down trees and make wood for building

focuses on cutting trees rather than preparing them for use

Phrasal Verbs

to log on
  • Texting
55 3.0

Enter a computer system or website using your username and password

to log in
  • Texting
44 2.7

Enter a computer or online account using your username and password

to log out
  • Texting
7 2.2

Leave your account on a computer or website so others cannot access it

to log off
  • Texting
5 2.8

To stop using a computer or website and sign out

to log up
6.5

To write down and add up time or distance in a record

to log Z's
  • Slang
9.7

To sleep, often for a short time

Compounds

log cabin
12 2.5

A small house built from round pieces of wood, often in the woods

Yule log
  • Archaic
1 8.2

A large log burned in a fireplace at Christmas as an old custom

web log
  • Texting
1 3.2

An online diary where a person writes about their life and ideas

Yule log
1 4.6

A video of a burning fireplace that people show on TV or online to make a room feel cozy

log line
  • Archaic
9.9

A knotted rope on a reel attached to a wooden block used to measure a ship's speed

log line
  • Specialized
3.7

A single line in a computer log that records an event and time

long-burning log
3.9

A log that gives steady heat for hours in a fire

murder log
8.0

A written list of details about killings that detectives or writers use

harpoon log
  • Archaic
9.9

A tool pulled behind a ship to measure how far it travels

nurse log
  • Specialized
7.0

A fallen dead tree trunk that helps new plants, fungi, and insects grow

patent log
  • Archaic
9.9

A cigar-shaped tool with spinning fins that measures a ship's speed through the water

saw log
  • Specialized
6.8

A large log with good wood that is cut into boards for furniture or building

screw log
  • Archaic
9.9

A long round object with rotating fins that measures how fast a ship moves in water

taffrail log
  • Archaic
9.9

A device towed behind a ship that measures how fast it moves through the water

slip tongue log skidder
  • Archaic
9.9

An old logging machine that lifts one end of a log with hanging tongs between its wheels

slip-tongue log skidder
  • Archaic
9.9

A historical logging machine that lifts one end of a log with hanging tongs between wheels to move it

web log
  • Specialized
3.5

A file a website keeps that shows who visited which pages and when

How Extensive

to deforest
3 6.0
to clear-cut
  • Specialized
2 6.1
to log
37 4.4
fell
7.0
to trim
95 2.6

Surface Forms

log infinitive
logged past
logged past participle
logging present participle
logs third person singular

Etymology

The verb log (to cut down trees) comes from the noun log: people cut trees into logs, so to log is to remove trees and make timber.