Rivet
noun
A small metal pin or bolt for holding together two plates of metal, its headless end being beaten out or pressed down when in place.
I used a rivet to join the two pieces of metal.
verb
To hold someone's attention completely so that they cannot look away or think of anything else.
She was riveted by the television program.
Often appears as...
- riveted to the screen
- riveted by the story
verb
To fasten or fix firmly.
I riveted the handles onto the teapot.
noun
A small metal pin or bolt for holding together two plates of metal, its headless end being beaten out or pressed down when in place.
I used a rivet to join the two pieces of metal.
verb
To hold someone's attention completely so that they cannot look away or think of anything else.
She was riveted by the television program.
Often appears as...
- riveted to the screen
- riveted by the story
verb
To fasten or fix firmly.
I riveted the handles onto the teapot.
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Industrial Context
Rivet usually refers to construction or manufacturing settings, often involving metalwork.
Workers often wear helmets when they rivet metals in construction sites.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Strength
Riveting physically joins things together; it's a strong, permanent action compared to gluing or taping.
The shelves were firmly in place because we riveted them together.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Reusable
A rivet is typically a one-time-use fastener; it can't be easily removed or adjusted.
After the plates were riveted, they could not be separated without drilling out the rivet.
Pro Tip 1/3Industrial Context
Rivet usually refers to construction or manufacturing settings, often involving metalwork.
Workers often wear helmets when they rivet metals in construction sites.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Strength
Riveting physically joins things together; it's a strong, permanent action compared to gluing or taping.
The shelves were firmly in place because we riveted them together.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Reusable
A rivet is typically a one-time-use fastener; it can't be easily removed or adjusted.
After the plates were riveted, they could not be separated without drilling out the rivet.
Pro Tip 1/3Industrial Context
Rivet usually refers to construction or manufacturing settings, often involving metalwork.
Workers often wear helmets when they rivet metals in construction sites.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Strength
Riveting physically joins things together; it's a strong, permanent action compared to gluing or taping.
The shelves were firmly in place because we riveted them together.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Reusable
A rivet is typically a one-time-use fastener; it can't be easily removed or adjusted.
After the plates were riveted, they could not be separated without drilling out the rivet.
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Reeling in a Giant Shark...
cutting threads right now very important to be sure that those nuts are tight and that then they clip them off and they used a propane torch and they melt the end of the thread and mash it down so it becomes almost like a rivet and that plastic nut can't back off I can't afford to have it loose it will fall off
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Lions Through a Lens:...
grass but it's they're riveting when you're filming any animal and you spend any amount of time with an animal you have to in order to I think to film it properly you have to sort of try and think as it thinks and therefore it's really hard not to engage with them you're sitting there and you're kind of
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Art can fail PIPE JR
her if they don't pay I think they pay at the end but you know through a museum VIN that boy also did a funny thing he found a way to you know put rivet on a pig he tattooed it no an animal with an arm in the process of this artwork actually he was begging for it and you know that was get chicks
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National Geographic goes...
Do the stars look different? The stars look gorgeous, but they don't twinkle because there's no atmosphere. During the day, it's just black. And that is, to me, the most riveting thing. - I can see stars. - That is space! - What is happening right now? - She's afraid of space.
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The epic of Gilgamesh,...
so riveting the first person to translate it started stripping from excitement. Called the epic of Gilgamesh, the story starts with Gilgamesh, king of the city of Uruk, crashing every wedding and sleeping with the bride before she has a chance to sleep with her husband.
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How trees talk to each...
but high-grade logging and clear-cut logging. You see, you can take out one or two hub trees, but there comes a tipping point, because hub trees are not unlike rivets in an airplane. You can take out one or two and the plane still flies, but you take out one too many,
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Women should represent...
Riveter pose it would help to have more women in positions of leadership in media a recent global survey it found that 73 percent of the top media management jobs are still held by men but this is also about something far more complex our own unconscious biases
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How blue jeans were...
and continue to modify the design to accommodate their customers. It is rumored that the removal of the crotch rivet was due to a complaint from the miners that squatting too near a campfire in their typical underwear-free fashion
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Why do your jeans wear...
the toxic runoff can turn rivers indigo-blue. Finally, there are the zippers, buttons, and rivets made of copper and other metals, whose mining is yet another source of environmental degradation.
Video examples
Killing Kennedy: Behind...
assassination that rocked the country of the world to its core the story is riveting and personal and idyllic at the same time it actually is the stuff of Shakespeare
Video examples
Reeling in a Giant Shark...
cutting threads right now very important to be sure that those nuts are tight and that then they clip them off and they used a propane torch and they melt the end of the thread and mash it down so it becomes almost like a rivet and that plastic nut can't back off I can't afford to have it loose it will fall off
Video examples
Lions Through a Lens:...
grass but it's they're riveting when you're filming any animal and you spend any amount of time with an animal you have to in order to I think to film it properly you have to sort of try and think as it thinks and therefore it's really hard not to engage with them you're sitting there and you're kind of
Video examples
Art can fail PIPE JR
her if they don't pay I think they pay at the end but you know through a museum VIN that boy also did a funny thing he found a way to you know put rivet on a pig he tattooed it no an animal with an arm in the process of this artwork actually he was begging for it and you know that was get chicks
Video examples
National Geographic goes...
Do the stars look different? The stars look gorgeous, but they don't twinkle because there's no atmosphere. During the day, it's just black. And that is, to me, the most riveting thing. - I can see stars. - That is space! - What is happening right now? - She's afraid of space.
Video examples
The epic of Gilgamesh,...
so riveting the first person to translate it started stripping from excitement. Called the epic of Gilgamesh, the story starts with Gilgamesh, king of the city of Uruk, crashing every wedding and sleeping with the bride before she has a chance to sleep with her husband.
Video examples
How trees talk to each...
but high-grade logging and clear-cut logging. You see, you can take out one or two hub trees, but there comes a tipping point, because hub trees are not unlike rivets in an airplane. You can take out one or two and the plane still flies, but you take out one too many,
Video examples
Women should represent...
Riveter pose it would help to have more women in positions of leadership in media a recent global survey it found that 73 percent of the top media management jobs are still held by men but this is also about something far more complex our own unconscious biases
Video examples
How blue jeans were...
and continue to modify the design to accommodate their customers. It is rumored that the removal of the crotch rivet was due to a complaint from the miners that squatting too near a campfire in their typical underwear-free fashion
Video examples
Why do your jeans wear...
the toxic runoff can turn rivers indigo-blue. Finally, there are the zippers, buttons, and rivets made of copper and other metals, whose mining is yet another source of environmental degradation.
Video examples
Killing Kennedy: Behind...
assassination that rocked the country of the world to its core the story is riveting and personal and idyllic at the same time it actually is the stuff of Shakespeare
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Alissa Quart
American Writer
Money and one of its embodiments, social class, are both riveting and mysterious to children. And if we don't challenge today's stigma around class status, it will warp a new generation's experience of an even more important class - the kind in which they learn. And that's one thing we simply can't afford.
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Anita Shreve
American Writer
I can think of no other experience quite like that of being 20 or so pages into a book and realizing that this is the real thing: a book that is going to offer the delicious promise of a riveting story, arresting language and characters that will haunt me for days.
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Maggie Stiefvater
American Author
I can tell you that as a writer and as a reader, I regard character as king. Or queen. No matter how riveting the action or interesting the plot twists, if I don't feel like I'm meeting someone who feels real, I'm not going to be compelled to read further.
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John C. Maxwell
American Clergyman
Talent grips us. We are overtaken by the beauty of Michelangelo's sculpture, riveted by Mariah Carey's angelic voice, doubled over in laughter by the comedy of Robin Williams, and captivated by the on screen performances of Denzel Washington.
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William Ellery Channing
American Writer
The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought.
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Mira Nair
Indian Director
India somehow constantly rivets and inspires me, and I feel very relieved to have come from this country which has a very 'lifeist' approach to living fully, no matter what one has or doesn't have.
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Carolyn Porco
American Scientist
Carl Sagan: A Life,' though a riveting tale, tells as much about the all-too-human feelings of jealousy and resentment as it does about the individual who inspired them.
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Adrienne C. Moore
American Actress
Law & Order' is a dream come true. I grew up watching it! I always wanted to portray a character on the show because it's always so riveting.
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
British Royalty
I'm riveted by other people's lives so it's never a hardship to talk to people.
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Tina Brown
American Editor
Economics has become as riveting as politics.
Quote examples
Alissa Quart
American Writer
Money and one of its embodiments, social class, are both riveting and mysterious to children. And if we don't challenge today's stigma around class status, it will warp a new generation's experience of an even more important class - the kind in which they learn. And that's one thing we simply can't afford.
Quote examples
Anita Shreve
American Writer
I can think of no other experience quite like that of being 20 or so pages into a book and realizing that this is the real thing: a book that is going to offer the delicious promise of a riveting story, arresting language and characters that will haunt me for days.
Quote examples
Maggie Stiefvater
American Author
I can tell you that as a writer and as a reader, I regard character as king. Or queen. No matter how riveting the action or interesting the plot twists, if I don't feel like I'm meeting someone who feels real, I'm not going to be compelled to read further.
Quote examples
John C. Maxwell
American Clergyman
Talent grips us. We are overtaken by the beauty of Michelangelo's sculpture, riveted by Mariah Carey's angelic voice, doubled over in laughter by the comedy of Robin Williams, and captivated by the on screen performances of Denzel Washington.
Quote examples
William Ellery Channing
American Writer
The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought.
Quote examples
Mira Nair
Indian Director
India somehow constantly rivets and inspires me, and I feel very relieved to have come from this country which has a very 'lifeist' approach to living fully, no matter what one has or doesn't have.
Quote examples
Carolyn Porco
American Scientist
Carl Sagan: A Life,' though a riveting tale, tells as much about the all-too-human feelings of jealousy and resentment as it does about the individual who inspired them.
Quote examples
Adrienne C. Moore
American Actress
Law & Order' is a dream come true. I grew up watching it! I always wanted to portray a character on the show because it's always so riveting.
Quote examples
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
British Royalty
I'm riveted by other people's lives so it's never a hardship to talk to people.
Quote examples
Tina Brown
American Editor
Economics has become as riveting as politics.
Example 1 of 10
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