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# log

«log» in Mova's school dictionary: **a thick piece of a tree trunk or big branch that has been…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (log, logs); verb (log, logs, logged, logging)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A log is a thick piece of a tree trunk or big branch that has been cut down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/log/#m1)

2) A log is a written record of what happens, like a ship's log or a reading log. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/log/#m2)

3) To log in or log on is to enter a computer or website with your name and password. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/log/#m3)

4) Logging is cutting down trees for wood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/log/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In school maths: a thing counted; logs cut into pieces (cuts and pieces problems: pieces = cuts + 1); time per cut. In everyday life: logs for the fire, sitting on a log in the woods, a reading log at school. In science: animals living under logs; logging and forests. Phrases: «log in», «log out», «sleep like a log», «reading log».

### examples

- A log is cut into 4 pieces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/log/#x1)
- How many cuts make 5 pieces? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/log/#x2)
- Each cut takes 3 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/log/#x3)
- There are 20 logs in the pile. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/log/#x4)
- We put another log on the fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/log/#x5)
- Fill in your reading log every night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/log/#x6)
- Log in with your username and password. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/log/#x7)
- After the long walk I slept like a log. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/log/#x8)
- One set her foot on the log. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/log/#x9)

### note

Countable: «a log». «Log in» (two words as a verb), «login» (one word as a noun). Maths: pieces = cuts + 1 when cutting a log. Trap: «cut into 4 pieces» needs only 3 cuts, so time = 3 × time per cut. Safety: never share your login password.

### In the corpora

- [Reading-log comments are meant to show what you thought, so copied ones are pointless.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/11-school-rules-honesty-and-wrong-accusations/13/)
- [A message saying your account will be deleted unless you log in through a link is phishing, a trick to steal your login.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/15-bots-are-not-doctors-helplines-are-people/15/)
- [To log in safely, open the app or website yourself instead of using a link in a message.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/15-bots-are-not-doctors-helplines-are-people/16/)
- [Woodlice need damp places and hide under logs and stones; they are crustaceans, related to crabs and shrimps, not insects.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/220-spiders-and-other-minibeasts-under-logs-and-stones/11/)
- [At first it's fun: twigs crackle, logs trip him, fungus on stumps looks like funny faces.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «log» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/log/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.