1. 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 workers used rivets to join the metal plates of the bridge"
    
2. Ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault, shield or belt)
   "The leather jacket was adorned with metal rivets";
   - stud

1. Fasten with a rivet or rivets
   "The workers riveted the metal sheets together"
    
2. Hold attention and exert mental effort on something
   "She riveted her attention on the speaker";
   - concentrate, focus, center [US], centre [Brit, Cdn], pore, pore over
    
3. Hold (someone's attention)
   "The discovery of the skull riveted the palaeontologists"

Derived forms: rivets, riveting, riveted

Type of: absorb, cerebrate, cogitate, decoration, engage, engross, fasten, fix, occupy, ornament, ornamentation, pin, secure, think

Encyclopedia: Rivet, Paul