rivet

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see also: Rivet

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɹɪvət/

Noun

rivet (plural rivets)

1. A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.
2. (figuratively) Any fixed point or certain basis.
3. (obsolete) A light kind of footman's armour (back-formation from almain-rivet).

Translations

• French: rivet
• German: Niet
• Italian: rivetto, ribattino
• Portuguese: rebite
• Russian: заклёпка
• Spanish: remache

Verb

rivet (rivets, present participle riveting; past and past participle riveted)

1. (transitive) To attach or fasten parts by using rivets. [from early 15th c.]
2. (transitive) To install rivets.
3. (transitive, figurative) To command the attention of. [from c. 1600]
   • 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 6

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4. (transitive, figurative) To make firm or immovable.

   Terror riveted him to the spot.

Translations

• French: riveter
• German: vernieten
• Italian: chiodare
• Russian: клепа́ть
• Spanish: remachar

Translations

• German: nieten
• Spanish: remachar

Translations

• German: Aufmerksamkeit richten auf, Blick heften auf

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Rivet

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Proper noun

1. Surname

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