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Lathe vs Bathe - What's the difference?

lathe | bathe |

As nouns the difference between lathe and bathe

is that lathe is (obsolete) 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 or lathe can be a machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool while bathe is fava bean, broad bean (vicia faba ).

As a verb lathe

is to invite; bid; ask or lathe can be to shape with a lathe.

lathe

English

(wikipedia lathe)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) lathen, from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* (l)

Verb

  • To invite; bid; ask.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) *.

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) 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.

    • Etymology 3

    (etyl) . More at lade.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool.
    • He shaped the bedpost by turning it on a lathe .
  • * 1856 : (Gustave Flaubert), (Madame Bovary), Part II Chapter IV, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
    • Of the windows of the village there was one yet more often occupied; for on Sundays from morning to night, and every morning when the weather was bright, one could see at the dormer-window of the garret the profile of Monsieur Binet bending over his lathe , whose monotonous humming could be heard at the Lion d'Or.
  • The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; a lay, or batten.
  • (obsolete) A granary; a barn.
    • (Chaucer)

    Verb

    (lath)
  • To shape with a lathe.
  • (computer graphics) To produce a 3D model by rotating a set of points around a fixed axis.

    • See also

    * lath * turner

    Anagrams

    *

    bathe

    English

    Verb

    (bath)
  • To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
  • To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim.
  • To clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
    • We bathe our baby before going to bed; other parents do it in the morning if they have time.
  • To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid.
    • She bathed her eyes with liquid to remove the stinging chemical.
    The nurse bathed his wound with a sponge.
    The incoming tides bathed the coral reef.
  • (figuratively, transitive and intransitive) To cover or surround.
    • The room was bathed in moonlight.
    A dense fog bathed the city streets.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011
    • , date=April 10 , author=Alistair Magowan , title=Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Although the encounter was bathed in sunshine, the match failed to reach boiling point but that will be of little concern to Gerard Houllier's team, who took a huge step forward before they face crucial matches against their relegation rivals.}}
  • To sunbathe.
    • The women bathed in the sun.

    Derived terms

    * bather * bathers ("swimsuit" in parts of Australia) * sunbathe * sunbather

    Related terms

    * bath

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British, colloquial) The act of swimming or bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river; a swimming bath.
    • I'm going to have a midnight bathe tonight.