What is the meaning of riveting?

verb

• Direct one's attention on something.
  • usage: "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
  • synonyms: concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet
• Fasten with a rivet or rivets.
  • synonyms: rivet
• Hold (someone's attention. )
  • usage: "The discovery of the skull riveted the paleontologists"
  • synonyms: rivet

adjective

• Capable of arousing and holding the attention.
  • usage: "a fascinating story"
  • synonyms: absorbing, engrossing, fascinating, gripping