pedal
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pedal
a foot-operated lever: Put the pedal to the metal.
Not to be confused with:
peddle – to carry around to sell; to deal out or distribute: peddle newspapers
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ped·al
(pĕd′l)n.
1.
a. A foot-operated lever used for actuating or controlling a mechanism, as in a loom, sewing machine, piano, or organ.
b. A similar foot-operated part attached to a crank and used for powering various devices, such as a bicycle.
2. Music
a. A pedal point.
b. A pedal keyboard.
adj.
1. Of or relating to a pedal.
2. (also pēd′l) Of or relating to a foot or footlike part: the pedal extremities.
v. ped·aled, ped·al·ing, ped·als or ped·alled or ped·al·ling
v.intr.
1. To use or operate a pedal or pedals.
2. To ride a bicycle.
v.tr.
To operate the pedals of.
[French pédale, from Italian pedale, from Latin pedālis, one foot long, from pēs, ped-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]
ped′al·er, ped′al·ler n.
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pedal
(ˈpɛdəl)n
(Automotive Engineering)
a. any foot-operated lever or other device, esp one of the two levers that drive the chain wheel of a bicycle, the foot brake, clutch control, or accelerator of a car, one of the levers on an organ controlling deep bass notes, or one of the levers on a piano used to create a muted effect or sustain tone
b. (as modifier): a pedal cycle; a pianist's pedal technique.
vb, -als, -alling or -alled, -als, -aling or -aled
1. to propel (a bicycle, boat, etc) by operating the pedals
2. (intr) to operate the pedals of an organ, piano, etc, esp in a certain way
3. to work (pedals of any kind)
[C17: from Latin pedālis; see pedal2]
pedal
(ˈpiːdəl)adj
(Anatomy) of or relating to the foot or feet
[C17: from Latin pedālis, from pēs foot]
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ped•al
(ˈpɛd l; for 6 also ˈpid l)n., v. -aled, -al•ing (esp. Brit.) -alled, -al•ling, n.
1. a foot-operated lever or part used to control, activate, or supply power to various mechanisms.
2.
v.i. a. a foot-operated lever on a keyboard musical instrument, esp. one of a set serving as a secondary keyboard on a pipe organ.
b. pedal point.
3. to work or use pedals, as in riding a bicycle.
v.t. 4. to work the pedals of.
adj. 5. of or pertaining to a foot or the feet.
6. of, pertaining to, or using pedals.
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pedal
Past participle: pedalled
Gerund: pedalling
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| Noun | 1. | pedal - a sustained bass note musical note, note, tone - a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long" |
| 2. |  pedal - a lever that is operated with the footaccelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, throttle, gas, gun - a pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the gas" brake pedal - foot pedal that moves a piston in the master brake cylinder clutch pedal, clutch - a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism; "he smoothely released the clutch with one foot and stepped on the gas with the other" lever - a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum automotive vehicle, motor vehicle - a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails pipe organ, organ - wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard soft pedal - a pedal on a piano that moves the action closer to the strings and so soften the sound loud pedal, sustaining pedal - a pedal on a piano that lifts the dampers from the strings and so allows them to continue vibrating | |
| Verb | 1. |  pedal - ride a bicycle unicycle - ride a unicycle backpedal - pedal backwards on a bicycle ride - be carried or travel on or in a vehicle; "I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day" |
| 2. | pedal - operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument music - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" | |
| Adj. | 1. | pedal - of or relating to the feet; "the word for a pedal extremity is `foot'" |
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pedal
(ˈpedl) noun a lever worked by the foot, as on a bicycle, piano, organ etc. the brake pedal in a car.pedal
verb – past tense, past participle ˈpedalled , (American) ˈpedaled – to move (something) by means of pedals. He pedalled (his bicycle) down the road.pedalear
to pedal (not paddle) a bicycle.
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pedal
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ped·al
a. pedal; rel. al pie.
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