rivet
/ˈrɪvɪt/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈrɪvɪt/
rivet
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
ri - vet -> rivet
Myanmar meaning
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v (usu passive)
၁။ သံမှိုနှက်သည်။ သံမှိုစွဲသည်။
riveted steel plates ❍ be riveted in place ❍ The knife handles are made of two pieces riveted together.
၂။ မရွေ့မလျား စွဲတည်နေသည်။ မမှိတ်မသုန် စူးစိုက် (ကြည့်) သည်။
We stood riveted (to the spot). ❍ All eyes were riveted on the speaker.
၃။ အာရုံစူးစိုက်အောင် ဖမ်းစားထားသည်။
I was absolutely riveted by her story.
❏ riveting adj (approv ) အာရုံကို မလွတ်တမ်း ဖမ်းစား ထားနိုင်သော။ an absolutely riveting performance.
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- rivet /'rÇvÇt/ n သံမှို။ v (usu passive) ၁။ သံမှိုနှက်သည်။ သံမှိုစွဲသည်။ riveted steel plates
- be riveted in place
- The knife handles are made of two pieces riveted together. ၂။ မရွေ့မလျား စွဲတည်နေသည်။ မမှိတ်မသုန် စူးစိုက် (ကြည့်) သည်။ We stood riveted (to the spot).
- All eyes were riveted on the speaker. ၃။ အာရုံစူးစိုက်အောင် ဖမ်းစားထားသည်။ I was absolutely riveted by her story. ❏ riveting adj ( approv ) အာရုံကို မလွတ်တမ်း ဖမ်းစား ထားနိုင်သော။ an absolutely riveting performance.
Synonyms
pin, nail, fastener, press-stud, bolt, absorb, add, adhere, adjust, affect, affix, allure, anchor, animate, annex, appeal, append, apply, argue, arouse, arouse curiosity, arrest, assign, associate, attach, attend, attract, authorize, bait, band, bar, base, batten, batten down, be engrossed in, beam, beguile, belt, bewitch, bind, blame, bond, bore, brace, brad, bring, bring out, bring to bear, brood over, buckle, build, button, button down, captivate, catch, catch up, cement, center, centralize, chain, charm, cinch, clamp, clasp, cleave, clench, clinch, close, clutch, cohere, commit, compel, complicate, comprehend, comprise, compromise, con, concenter, concentrate, concern, congeal, connect, consider closely, consolidate, constitute, consume, contain, contemplate, convene, converge, couple, coupling, cover, crack one's brains, create, cuddle, decree, delight, denote, deposit, direct, direct attention, do up, domiciliate, dowel, draw, eagle eye, embed, embrace, embroil, employ, enact, enamor, enchant, endow, enfold, engage, engross, engross oneself, enmesh, enrapture, ensconce, enslave, ensnare, entail, entangle, entertain, enthrall, entice, entrance, entrench, erect, establish, examine, excite, eye, eyeball, fascinate, fasten, fastening, fill, fire, fix, fix attention, fixate, focus, focus attention, focus on, form, found, freeze to, gape, gape at, gawk, gaze, get detail, get on the beam, gird, girth, give attention
Antonyms
abandon, aid, allow, assist, be active, bore, break, calm, cancel, cease, change, compliment, confuse, corrupt, deaden, delight, depart, depress, destroy, detach, deter, dig out, disarrange, disconnect, discourage, disenchant, disentangle, disenthrall, disestablish, disgust, disinter, disinterest, disjoin, dislodge, disorder, disorganize, disperse, displace, displease, disprove, disregard, dissipate, dissociate, dissuade, distract, disturb, disunite, divide, divorce, dull, eat out, eject, emit, end, endanger, energize, exclude, explain, exude, fail, fall behind, forfeit, forget, free, give, give up, go ahead, halt, harm, help, hurt, ignore, incite, injure, invalidate, key, leave, let go, liberate, liquefy
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