Riveting - English meaning

Riveting – definitions in English dictionary

adjective
Completely engrossing; compelling.
Usage examples:
The book is a riveting account of the legendary freedom fighter

verb
Join or fasten (plates of metal) with a rivet or rivets.
Usage examples:
The linings are bonded, not riveted, to the brake shoes for longer wear
verb
Hold (someone or something) fast so as to make them incapable of movement.
Usage examples:
The grip on her arm was firm enough to rivet her to the spot
Synonims:
Fixed Rooted Frozen Unable to move Motionless Unmoving Immobile Stock-still As still as a statue As if turned to stone

Riveting translation into English

Riveting: translate from English into Chinese

铆, 铆钉

Riveting: translate from English into Dutch

Meeslepend

Riveting: translate from English into French

Rivetage

Riveting: translate from English into German

Nieten, Riveting

Riveting: translate from English into Hindi

दिलचस्प

Riveting: translate from English into Italian

Avvincente

Riveting: translate from English into Korean

리벳팅

Riveting: translate from English into Russian

Клепка, Склепка

Riveting: translate from English into Spanish

Remachado

Word origin

Middle English: from Old French, from river ‘fix, clinch’, of unknown ultimate origin.

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Riveting – similar words

riveted

verb
Join or fasten (plates of metal) with a rivet or rivets.
Usage examples:
The linings are bonded, not riveted, to the brake shoes for longer wear

noun
A short metal pin or bolt for holding together two plates of metal, its headless end being beaten out or pressed down when in place.
Usage examples:
A rectangular plate containing an iron rivet

verb
Past simple and past participle of rivet
Usage examples:
Many parts of an aircraft are riveted together., it was an amazing film - i was absolutely riveted.…

Riveted - all meanings in English

rivet

noun
A short metal pin or bolt for holding together two plates of metal, its headless end being beaten out or pressed down when in place.
Usage examples:
A rectangular plate containing an iron rivet

verb
Join or fasten (plates of metal) with a rivet or rivets.
Usage examples:
The linings are bonded, not riveted, to the brake shoes for longer wear

noun
A metal pin used to fasten together flat pieces of metal or other thick materials such as leather
Usage examples:
Her performance riveted the audience.

Rivet - all meanings in English

Riveting synonims

fixed

adjective
Fastened securely in position.
Usage examples:
A fixed iron ladder down the port side

verb
Fasten (something) securely in a particular place or position.
Usage examples:
They had candles fixed to their helmets

adjective
Not changing
Usage examples:
A fixed stare, a fixed address, she stared fixedly at the screen.

Fixed - all meanings in English

frozen

adjective
Past participle of freeze.

verb
(with reference to a liquid) turn or be turned into ice or another solid as a result of extreme cold.
Usage examples:
In the winter the milk froze

Past participle of freeze

Frozen - all meanings in English

immobile

adjective
Not moving; motionless.
Usage examples:
She sat immobile for a long time

adjective
Not moving, or not able to move or be moved
Usage examples:
He is in a cast to keep his spine immobile., the brace immobilized my elbow while the injury healed.

Immobile - all meanings in English

motionless

ˈməʊ.ʃən.ləs

adjective
Not moving; stationary.
Usage examples:
An eagle hung almost motionless close to the ground

adjective
Not moving
Usage examples:
He looks made of stone, utterly motionless (= completely without movement).

adjective
Without moving
Usage examples:
The horse lay motionless on the ground, as if dead.

Motionless - all meanings in English

rooted

adjective
Exhausted; worn out.
Usage examples:
I’m usually completely rooted by the end of a trip and need heaps of physio to recover

verb
Cause (a plant or cutting) to grow roots.
Usage examples:
Root your own cuttings from stock plants

verb
(of an animal) turn up the ground with its snout in search of food.
Usage examples:
Stray dogs rooting around for bones and scraps

Rooted - all meanings in English

stock-still

adverb
Without moving; completely still
Usage examples:
He stood stock-still, waiting for them to pass.

Stock-still - all meanings in English

unmoving

adjective
Not moving; still.
Usage examples:
Claudia sat unmoving behind her desk

adjective
Not moving
Usage examples:
His body was still and unmoving, his gaze fixed. he was oblivious to everything else in the world b…

Unmoving - all meanings in English

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