SkyfireDict

rivet   (TTS Sound)

The noun rivet has 2 senses

• stud, rivet -- (ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt))


• rivet -- (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)

The verb rivet has 3 senses

• concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet -- (direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies")


• rivet -- (fasten with a rivet or rivets)


• rivet -- (hold (someone's attention); "The discovery of the skull riveted the paleontologists")