noun
- Ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt.
- synonyms: stud
- 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.
verb
- Direct one's attention on something.
- usage: "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
- synonyms: concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore
- Fasten with a rivet or rivets.
- Hold (someone's attention. )
- usage: "The discovery of the skull riveted the paleontologists"
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