rivet
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt)
Types & categories
- decoration hypernym
Related & opposite
- stud derivation
Sense 2 verb
direct one's attention on something
Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- assiduity derivation
- engrossment derivation
- centering derivation
- center of attention derivation
- rivet verb group
Sense 3 noun
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
Types & categories
- pin hypernym
Parts & wholes
- clinch part meronym
Related & opposite
- rivet derivation
Sense 4 verb
fasten with a rivet or rivets
Types & categories
- fasten hypernym
Related & opposite
- rivet derivation
- riveting machine derivation
- riveter derivation
Sense 5 verb
hold (someone's attention)
The discovery of the skull riveted the paleontologists
Types & categories
- engage hypernym
Related & opposite
- rivet verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | stud |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | decoration |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | assiduity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | engrossment |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | centering |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | center of attention |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | rivet |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cerebrate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | steep |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | recall |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | think |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | zoom in |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | take heed |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | rivet |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | clinch |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | pin |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | rivet |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | riveting machine |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | riveter |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | fasten |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | rivet |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | engage |