RIVET | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of rivet in English

(Definition of rivet from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of rivet from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of rivet

rivet
They have this hot rivet that's getting ready.
The trial that ensued riveted the world right up until the final verdict 16 months later.
With our minds riveted, we are less prone to careless error.
It simply did not occur to him that anyone could be less than riveted by every detail about his grandchild.
So individual hour markers are applied and riveted by hand.
It was the same with the rivets, pegs, nails.
What's more, today's kids are riveted by digital devices.
From CNN
It was always the standalone episodes that riveted me.
And yet, for me, it's the absence of that stuff that actually rivets me.
The settlement ends the appeals, bringing to a conclusion a spat that kept parents, students and alumni riveted for weeks last summer.
Their bravery facing water hoses and dogs riveted the nation.
From CNN
When we work with students on creative pieces, they become riveted by their stories before the end of the first lesson.
In the early books, he scans the newspaper daily, riveted by -- and aghast at -- the litany of awful things people did to one another.
From NPR
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Translations of rivet

in Chinese (Traditional)
鉚釘, 鉚,鉚接…
in Chinese (Simplified)
铆钉, 铆,铆接…
in Spanish
remache, remachar, fijar…
in Portuguese
rebite, prender com rebites, cravar…
in more languages
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in French
in Dutch
in Czech
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in Indonesian
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in Vietnamese
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in Norwegian
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in Russian
perçin, perçin (çivisi), perçinlemek…
rivet, riveter, clouer…
klinknagel, klinken, kluisteren…
nýt, (s)nýtovat, stát jako přibitý…
nitte, nagle…
paku, memaku, terpaku…
หมุดโลหะ, ตอกด้วยหมุด, ทำให้ติดตรึง…
đinh tán, đóng đinh tán, gắn chặt…
nit, (z)nitować, przykuć…
nit, nita, nita fast…
rivet, memaku dengan rivet, dengan teguh…
die Niete, nieten, fesseln…
nagle, klinke, være som naglet fast…
заклепка, заклепувати, привертати погляд…
заклепка…
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