RIVET
Dictionary entry overview: What does rivet mean?
• RIVET (noun)
The noun RIVET has 2 senses:
1. ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt)
2. heavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces that are fastened together
Familiarity information: RIVET used as a noun is rare.
• RIVET (verb)
The verb RIVET has 3 senses:
1. direct one's attention on something
2. fasten with a rivet or rivets
3. hold (someone's attention)
Familiarity information: RIVET used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• RIVET (noun)
Meaning:
Ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
rivet; stud
Hypernyms ("rivet" is a kind of...):
decoration; ornament; ornamentation (something used to beautify)
Meaning:
Heavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces that are fastened together
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("rivet" is a kind of...):
pin (a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things)
Meronyms (parts of "rivet"):
clinch (the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet)
• RIVET (verb)
Meaning:
Direct one's attention on something
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
rivet; pore; focus; concentrate; centre; center
Context example:
Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies
Hypernyms (to "rivet" is one way to...):
cerebrate; cogitate; think (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rivet"):
absorb; engross; engulf; immerse; plunge; soak up; steep (engross (oneself) fully)
recall (cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression)
think (focus one's attention on a certain state)
zoom in (examine closely; focus one's attention on)
hear; listen; take heed (listen and pay attention)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s on something
Meaning:
Fasten with a rivet or rivets
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "rivet" is one way to...):
fasten; fix; secure (cause to be firmly attached)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Hold (someone's attention)
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
The discovery of the skull riveted the paleontologists
Hypernyms (to "rivet" is one way to...):
absorb; engage; engross; occupy (engage or engross wholly)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
