lathe

Meaning

Verb

To invite; bid; ask.

Noun

An administrative division of the county of Kent, in England, from the Anglo-Saxon period until it fell entirely out of use in the early twentieth century.

Noun

1. A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool.
2. The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; a lay, or batten.
3. (obsolete) A granary; a barn.

Synonyms

turning lathe

turn

turning machine

machine

turret lathe

turning-lathe

shape with a lathe

turn with a lathe

woodworking lathe

turning mill

wood turning lathe

Pronounced as (IPA)

/leɪð/

Etymology

From Middle English lathen, from Old English laþian (“to invite, summon, call upon, ask”), from Proto-West Germanic *laþōn, from Proto-Germanic *laþōną (“to invite”), from Proto-Indo-European *lēy- (“to want, desire”). Cognate with German laden (“to invite”), Icelandic laða (“to attract”).

Sentences

A lathe cuts and trims any wood .