rivet

Nouns

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

Verbs

  • (v) direct one's attention on something
    • Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies
    focus, pore, center, centre, concentrate,
  • (v) fasten with a rivet or rivets
  • (v) hold (someone's attention)
    • The discovery of the skull riveted the paleontologists

Synonyms

focus pore center centre concentrate stud

Words of close approximity

river
rive
rival river
riveter riveting riveting machine rivet line rivetter