noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/lɒɡ.ɪŋ/
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General-American:/lɔɡ.ɪŋ/
cot-caught-merger:/lɑɡ.ɪŋ/
rhymes with -ɒɡɪŋ
CMU ARPABET:L AO1 G IH0 NG
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
An act or instance of logging (cutting down trees).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
An act or instance of logging (making an entry in a log).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of log
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
the work of cutting down trees for timber
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: work
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Finnish:
hakkuu
— cutting trees
French:
exploitation forestière
— cutting trees
German:
Holzeinschlag
— cutting trees
Greek:
υλοτομία
(ylotomía)
— cutting trees
Italian:
taglio di alberi (e trasporto)
— cutting trees
Norwegian Bokmål:
tømmerhogst
— cutting trees
Norwegian Nynorsk:
tømmerhogst
— cutting trees
Polish:
wycinka
— cutting trees
Polish:
wyrąb
— cutting trees
Romanian:
tăiere forestieră
— cutting trees
Russian:
рубка леса
(rúbka lésa)
— cutting trees
Russian:
лесозаготовка
(lesozagotóvka)
— cutting trees
Swedish:
avverkning
— cutting trees
Tagalog:
pangangalap
— cutting trees
Finnish:
lokiin kirjaaminen
— making entries in a log
French:
journalisation
— making entries in a log
German:
aufzeichnen
— making entries in a log
Greek:
εγγραφή
(engrafí)
— making entries in a log
Greek:
καταγραφή
(katagrafí)
— making entries in a log
Greek:
ημερολογιακή καταγραφή
(imerologiakí katagrafí)
— making entries in a log