Meaning

• The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.

  "They walked across the stream on a fallen log."

• Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc.

• A unit of length equivalent to 16 feet, used for measuring timber, especially the trunk of a tree.

• Anything shaped like a log; a cylinder.

• A floating device, usually of wood, used in navigation to estimate the speed of a vessel through water.

• A blockhead; a very stupid person.

• A heavy longboard.

• A rolled cake with filling.

• A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.

• A piece of feces.

• A penis.

Meaning

• To cut trees into logs.

• To cut down (trees).

• To cut down trees in an area, harvesting and transporting the logs as wood.