- 1rivet somebody/something to hold someone's interest or attention so completely that they cannot look away or think of anything else I was absolutely riveted by her story. My eyes were riveted on the figure lying in the road. Public attention across the country was riveted on this topic.
- 2rivet something to fasten something with rivets The steel plates were riveted together. Idioms
rivet
verbNAmE//ˈrɪvət//
[usually passive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they rivet he / she / it rivets
past simple riveted
-ing form riveting
to be so shocked or frightened that you cannot move
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