(transitive) To attach or fasten parts by using rivets. / (transitive) To install rivets. / (transitive, figuratively) To command the attention of. / (transitive, figuratively) To make firm or immovable.

(US, idiomatic) To prison.

past participle of rive

Torn apart. / Broken into pieces; split asunder.

A river in the United States that flows through upstate New York down the Hudson Valley into the Atlantic Ocean.

(literally) A rat that lives on or along a river. / (chiefly derogatory) A lower-class person living on or along a river.

A bank or side of a river.

At or near the side of a river.

(idiomatic) A person who has an obsession with the minutiae of their particular interest, especially in military and technology history. Anyone preoccupied with small distinguishing features between different items.

plural of river rat