What does pedal mean?

Definitions for pedal
ˈpɛd l; for 6 also ˈpid lped·al

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pedal point, pedalnoun

    a sustained bass note

  2. pedal, treadle, foot pedal, foot leveradjective

    a lever that is operated with the foot

  3. pedalverb

    of or relating to the feet

    "the word for a pedal extremity is `foot'"

  4. bicycle, cycle, bike, pedal, wheelverb

    ride a bicycle

  5. pedalverb

    operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument

Wiktionary

  1. pedalnoun

    A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano

  2. pedalnoun

    a foot or footlike part.

  3. pedalverb

    To operate a pedal attached to a wheel in a continuous circular motion.

    to pedal one's loom

  4. pedalverb

    To operate a bicycle.

    He was out of breath from pedalling up the steep hill.

  5. pedaladjective

    Of or relating to the foot.

  6. Etymology: From pédale, pedale, pedalis

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Pedaladjective

    Belonging to a foot. Dict.

    Etymology: pedalis, Lat.

ChatGPT

  1. pedal

    A pedal is a lever or mechanism operated by foot movement, used to control, activate, or propel a device or machine. This term is often associated with vehicles, bicycles, pianos, sewing machines or musical instruments, among other devices. In the context of geometry, a pedal can also refer to a line or curve that is connected to another curve's pedal point.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pedaladjective

    of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or figuratively; specifically (Zool.), pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglion

  2. Pedaladjective

    of or pertaining to a pedal; having pedals

  3. Pedaladjective

    a lever or key acted on by the foot, as in the pianoforte to raise the dampers, or in the organ to open and close certain pipes; a treadle, as in a lathe or a bicycle

  4. Pedaladjective

    a pedal curve or surface

  5. Etymology: [L. pedalis, fr. pes, pedis, foot. See Foot, and cf. Pew.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Pedal

    ped′al, adj. pertaining to a foot.—n. any part of a machine transmitting power from the foot: in musical instruments, a lever moved by the foot.—v.i. to work a pedal.—n. Pēdā′le, a foot-cloth in front of an altar: a collection of canons of general councils in the Greek Church.—adjs. Pēdā′lian, relating to the foot, or to a metrical foot; Ped′āte, divided like a foot: (bot.) having the side lobes of a divided leaf also divided into smaller parts, the midribs of which do not run to a common centre as in the palmate leaf.—adv. Ped′ātely.—adj. Pedat′ifid, divided in a pedate manner, but having the divisions connected at the base.—Combination pedal, a metal pedal in organs controlling several stops at once. [L. pedalispes, pedis, the foot.]

Editors Contribution

  1. pedal

    A type of product.

    Pedals are used for bicycles, vehicles, pianos etc.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 21, 2020  

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  2. padel

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pedal in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pedal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of pedal in a Sentence

  1. Kolawole Maxwell:

    So we all need to keep the foot on the pedal.

  2. Chairman William Roedy:

    We have to keep our foot on the pedal.

  3. Tony Finau:

    It’s funny how momentum works. You know it can change at any given moment, and we knew we had to keep the pedal to the metal. These things start to stretch out when you have the momentum.

  4. Samuel Dumoulin:

    It's not like it used to be, now everybody is counting their pedal strokes. The gaps allowed to the breakaway groups are not as big because the peloton does not have the same strength to catch them.

  5. Dusty Baker:

    We hit some balls hard on the road but nothing to show for it, so it was great for us to put up crooked numbers in all those consecutive innings, those guys didn’t take their foot off the pedal and that’s how you play, and that’s how I like to watch them play.

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