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Noun log has 6 senses

log - a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
--₁ is a kind of wood
--₁ has particulars: nurse log; saw log
Derived form: verb log₂
backlog, log - large log at the back of a hearth fire
--₂ is a kind of firewood
--₂ has particulars: Yule log
logarithm, log - the exponent required to produce a given number
--₃ is a kind of exponent, power, index
--₃ has particulars: common logarithm; natural logarithm, Napierian logarithm
log - a written record of messages sent or received; "they kept a log of all transmission by the radio station"; "an email log"
--₄ is a kind of written record, written account
log - a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane)
--₅ is a kind of written record, written account

Derived form: verb log₁
log - measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water
--₆ is a kind of measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device
--₆ is a part of ship
--₆ has part: log line
--₆ has particulars: harpoon log; patent log, screw log, taffrail log

Verb log has 2 senses

log - enter into a log, as on ships and planes
--₁ is one way to record, enter, put down

Derived form: noun log₅
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
log, lumber - cut lumber, as in woods and forests
--₂ is one way to fell, drop, strike down, cut down

Derived forms: noun logger₁, noun log₁, noun logging₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s