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 Definitions of pedal  [ˈpɛd l; for]  

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Definition of 'pedal' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) pedal
a foot-operated lever or part used to control, activate, or supply power to various mechanisms.

2.  pedal
a foot-operated lever on a keyboard musical instrument, esp. one of a set serving as a secondary keyboard on a pipe organ.

3. (v.i.) pedal
to work or use pedals, as in riding a bicycle.

4. (v.t.) pedal
to work the pedals of.

5. (adj.) pedal
of or pertaining to a foot or the feet.

6.  pedal
of, pertaining to, or using pedals.

Etymology:  (1605–15; (< F pédale) < L pedālis of the feet. See pedi -, -al1)

Definition of 'pedal' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) pedal point, pedal
a sustained bass note

2. (adj) pedal, treadle, foot pedal, foot lever
a lever that is operated with the foot

3. (verb) pedal
of or relating to the feet
"the word for a pedal extremity is `foot'"

4. (verb) bicycle, cycle, bike, pedal, wheel
ride a bicycle

5. (verb) pedal
operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument


Definition of 'pedal' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) pedal
the object you put your foot on when riding a bicycle, driving a car, etc.
the gas pedal

2. (verb) pedal
to push the pedal of a bicycle in order to move along
He pedaled hard up the steep hill.


Definition of 'pedal' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) pedal
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. (adj) pedal
of or pertaining to a pedal; having pedals

3. (adj) pedal
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. (adj) pedal
a pedal curve or surface


Translation of 'pedal' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a lever worked by the foot, as on a bicycle, piano, organ etc
the brake pedal in a car.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: pedaal Arabic flag Arabic: دَوّاسَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: педал
Brazilian flag Brazilian: pedal Czech flag Czech: pedál German flag German: das Pedal
Danish flag Danish: pedal Greek flag Greek: πετάλι Spanish flag Spanish: pedal
Estonian flag Estonian: pedaal Farsi flag Farsi: پدال؛ رکاب Finnish flag Finnish: poljin
French flag French: pédale Hebrew flag Hebrew: דַוושָה Hindi flag Hindi: पैडल
Croatian flag Croatian: pedal, noga Hungarian flag Hungarian: pedál Indonesian flag Indonesian: pedal
Icelandic flag Icelandic: fótstig, pedali Italian flag Italian: pedale Japanese flag Japanese: ペダル
Korean flag Korean: 페달 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pedalas, pamina Latvian flag Latvian: pedālis
Malay flag Malay: pengayuh Dutch flag Dutch: pedaal Norwegian flag Norwegian: pedal
Polish flag Polish: pedał Persian flag Persian: پدال؛ رکاب Pashto flag Pashto: دپښې پايډل، دبايسكل پايډل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: pedal Romanian flag Romanian: pedală Russian flag Russian: педаль
Slovak flag Slovak: pedál Slovenian flag Slovenian: pedal Serbian flag Serbian: pedala
Swedish flag Swedish: pedal, trampa Thai flag Thai: คันเหยียบ Turkish flag Turkish: pedal
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 腳踏板 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: педаль; ножний важіль Urdu flag Urdu: ايک بيرم جو پير سے چلائي
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: bàn đạp Chinese flag Chinese: 脚踏板

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