logging

[ law-ging, log-ing ]

/ ˈlɔ gɪŋ, ˈlɒg ɪŋ /

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noun

the process, work, or business of cutting down trees and transporting the logs to sawmills.

Nautical. a deduction from the pay of a sailor, made as a fine or forfeit and recorded in the logbook of the ship.

Origin of logging

An Americanism dating back to 1700–10; log¹ + -ing¹

Words nearby logging

loggerhead shrike, loggerhead turtle, loggerheads, loggets, loggia, logging, logging stone, logi, logia, logic, logic array

Definition for logging (2 of 2)

log ¹

[ lawg, log ]

/ lɔg, lɒg /

noun

a portion or length of the trunk or of a large limb of a felled tree.

something inert, heavy, or not sentient.

Nautical. any of various devices for determining the speed of a ship, as a chip log or patent log.

any of various records, made in rough or finished form, concerning a trip made by a ship or aircraft and dealing with particulars of navigation, weather, engine performance, discipline, and other pertinent details; logbook.

Movies. an account describing or denoting each shot as it is taken, written down during production and referred to in editing the film.

a register of the operation of a machine.

Also called well log. a record kept during the drilling of a well, especially of the geological formations penetrated.

Computers. any of various chronological records made concerning the use of a computer system, the changes made to data, etc.

Radio and Television. a written account of everything transmitted by a station or network.

Also called log of wood. Australian Slang. a lazy, dull-witted person; fool.

verb (used with object), logged, log·ging.

to cut (trees) into logs: to log pine trees for fuel.

to cut down the trees or timber on (land): We logged the entire area in a week.

to enter in a log; compile; amass; keep a record of: to log a day's events.

to make (a certain speed), as a ship or airplane: We are logging 18 knots.

to travel for (a certain distance or a certain amount of time), according to the record of a log: We logged 30 miles the first day. He has logged 10,000 hours flying time.

verb (used without object), logged, log·ging.

to cut down trees and get out logs from the forest for timber: to log for a living.

Verb Phrases

Also log on, sign on.Computers. to enter identifying data, as a username or password, into a database, mobile device, or computer, especially a multiuser computer or a remote or networked system, so as to to access and use it: Log in to start your work session. Log in to your account to pay your bill online.
to enter or include any item of information or data in a record, account, etc.

log off/out, Computers. to terminate a session.

Origin of log

1350–1400; Middle English logge, variant of lugge pole, limb of tree; compare obsolete logget pole; see lugsail, logbook

OTHER WORDS FROM log

log·gish, adjective un·logged, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for logging

As he drove me back to the logging road, Frank told me about the area in his deep voice.

The 7-Year-Old Plane Crash Survivor’s Brutal Journey Through the Woods |James Higdon |January 7, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
So I drove around the corner to the trailhead of the logging road that led back to the crash site.

The 7-Year-Old Plane Crash Survivor’s Brutal Journey Through the Woods |James Higdon |January 7, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
The second, logging in at 14 feet, washed up at Oceanside Harbor five days later.

Fishy Mystery: Are Beached Oarfish Trying to Tell Us Something? |Kevin Bailey |October 23, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
But after logging her eighth number-one single, Katy Perry might be the biggest pop star of her time.

Katy Perry Is Pop Music's Biggest Star |Kevin Fallon |September 6, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

And yet, countless innocents met the most harrowing set of photos when logging online to start their work week.

Pictures of Justin Bieber Naked Leak, and We Just Don’t Know How to Feel |Kevin Fallon |August 12, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
In short, he accumulated all the information he could by which the cost of logging might be estimated.

The Blazed Trail |Stewart Edward White
At the logging camp he had heard of just such accidents as this and not all of them were fatal.

A Daughter of the Forest |Evelyn Raymond
"Anyhow, we've got here ahead of the logging crowd and I'm mighty glad," said the first packer.

For the Allinson Honor |Harold Bindloss
The cost of logging under the methods of marking adopted is compensated fully in the stumpage appraisal.

Our National Forests |Richard H. Douai Boerker
The factories exert every effort to secure adequate supplies of timber from the farm woodlands, sawmills and logging camps.

The School Book of Forestry |Charles Lathrop Pack

British Dictionary definitions for logging (1 of 3)

logging

/ (ˈlɒɡɪŋ) /

noun

the work of felling, trimming, and transporting timber

British Dictionary definitions for logging (2 of 3)

log ¹

/ (lɒɡ) /

noun

a section of the trunk or a main branch of a tree, when stripped of branches
(modifier) constructed out of logsa log cabin

a detailed record of a voyage of a ship or aircraft
a record of the hours flown by pilots and aircrews
a book in which these records are made; logbook

a written record of information about transmissions kept by radio stations, amateur radio operators, etc

a device consisting of a float with an attached line, formerly used to measure the speed of a shipSee also chip log
heave the log to determine a ship's speed with such a device

Australian a claim for better pay and conditions presented by a trade union to an employer

like a log without stirring or being disturbed (in the phrase sleep like a log)

verb logs, logging or logged

(tr) to fell the trees of (a forest, area, etc) for timber

(tr) to saw logs from (trees)

(intr) to work at the felling of timber

(tr) to enter (a distance, event, etc) in a logbook or log

(tr) to record the punishment received by (a sailor) in a logbook

(tr) to travel (a specified distance or time) or move at (a specified speed)

Word Origin for log

C14: origin obscure

British Dictionary definitions for logging (3 of 3)

log ²

/ (lɒɡ) /

noun

short for logarithm

Scientific definitions for logging

log

[ lôg ]

A logarithm.

Idioms and Phrases with logging

log

In addition to the idiom beginning with log

also see:

easy as pie (rolling off a log)
like a bump on a log
sleep like a log

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verb (used without object), logged, log·ging.

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verb (used with object), logged, log·ging.

verb (used without object), logged, log·ging.

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