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rivet
English
Etymology
From Old French rivet (13th century), from the verb Old French river (“to fetter [a person]”) (12th century), from Old French rive (“rim, edge”) (ca. 1100), which is ultimately from Latin ripa (“riverbank”). Compare river, rival, riparian.
The sense "kind of footman's armour" is a back-formation from almain-rivet which in turn is derived from the English noun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???v?t/
- Rhymes: -?v?t
Noun
rivet (plural rivets)
- A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.
- (figuratively) Any fixed point or certain basis.
- (obsolete) A light kind of footman's armour.
Derived terms
- rivet counter
- pop rivet
Translations
Verb
rivet (third-person singular simple present rivets, present participle riveting or rivetting, simple past and past participle riveted or rivetted)
- (transitive) To attach or fasten parts by using rivets. [from early 15th c.]
- (transitive) To install rivets.
- (transitive, figuratively) To command the attention of. [from c. 1600]
- 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 6
- 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 6
- (transitive, figuratively) To make firm or immovable.
- Terror riveted him to the spot.
Translations
See also
- riveters
- riveting
- riveter
- rivets
- riveted
Further reading
- rivet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Vitré, tiver
French
Etymology
From Latin ripa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?i.v?/
Noun
rivet m (plural rivets)
- rivet (mechanical fastener)
Further reading
- “rivet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
r?vet
- third-person singular present active subjunctive of r?v?
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absorb
English
Etymology
From Middle French absorber, from Old French assorbir, from Latin absorbe? (“swallow up”), from ab- (“from”) +? sorbe? (“suck in, swallow”). Compare French absorber.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b?z??b/, /?b?s??b/
- (General American) IPA(key): /æb?s??b/, /æb?z??b/, /?b?s??b/, /?b?z??b/
- Rhymes: -??(r)b
- Hyphenation: ab?sorb
Verb
absorb (third-person singular simple present absorbs, present participle absorbing, simple past and past participle absorbed or (archaic) absorpt)
- (transitive) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up. [first attested c. 1350 to 1470.]
- 1782, William Cowper, On Observing some Names of Little Note
- Dark oblivion soon absorbs them all.
- 1782, William Cowper, On Observing some Names of Little Note
- (transitive, obsolete) To engulf, as in water; to swallow up. [Attested from the late 15th century until the late 18th century.]
- (transitive) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in. [first attested in the early 17th century.]
- (transitive, physics, chemistry) To take in energy and convert it, as[first attested in the early 18th century.]
- (transitive, physics) in receiving a physical impact or vibration without recoil.
- (transitive, physics) in receiving sound energy without repercussion or echo.
- (transitive, physics) taking in radiant energy and converting it to a different form of energy, like heat.
- (transitive) To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully. [first attested in the late 18th century.]
- 1904, Kazimierz Waliszewski, translated by Lady Mary Loyd, Ivan the Terrible Part 2 Chapter 3
- Livonian affairs held him tight, and were to absorb him for many a year.
- 1904, Kazimierz Waliszewski, translated by Lady Mary Loyd, Ivan the Terrible Part 2 Chapter 3
- (transitive) To occupy or consume time. [first attested in the mid 19th century.]
- (transitive) Assimilate mentally. [first attested in the late 19th century.]
- (transitive, business) To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
- (transitive) To defray the costs.
- (transitive) To accept or purchase in quantity.
Conjugation
Synonyms
- (to include so that it no longer has separate existence): assimilate, engulf, incorporate, swallow up, overwhelm
- (to suck up or drink in): draw, drink in, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, steep, take in, take up
- (to consume completely): use up
- (to occupy fully): engage, engross, immerse, monopolize, occupy
- (finance: to assume or pay for): assume, bear, pay for, take in
Antonyms
- (physics: to take up by chemical or physical action): emit
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- adsorb
Further reading
- Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002) , “absorb”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN, page 9
Anagrams
- Brabos, bobars, robabs
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ab?sorb]
Verb
absorb
- first-person singular present indicative of absorbi
- third-person plural present indicative of absorbi
- first-person singular present subjunctive of absorbi
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