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RIVET

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 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)


Sense 1rivet [BACK TO TOP]

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)


Sense 2rivet [BACK TO TOP]

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)


Sense 1rivet [BACK TO TOP]

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


Sense 2rivet [BACK TO TOP]

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


Sense 3rivet [BACK TO TOP]

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


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