(tools, metalworking, woodworking) A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool.

(weaving) The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; a lay, or batten.

To shape with a lathe.

(computer graphics) To produce a three-dimensional model by rotating a set of points around a fixed axis.