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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)
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| Definition of 'pedal' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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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
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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.
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| Definition of 'pedal' |
Webster Dictionary |
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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
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Sense: a lever worked by the foot, as on a bicycle, piano, organ etc
the brake pedal in a car.
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 Afrikaans: pedaal |
 Arabic: دَوّاسَه |
 Bulgarian: педал |
 Brazilian: pedal |
 Czech: pedál |
 German: das Pedal |
 Danish: pedal |
 Greek: πετάλι |
 Spanish: pedal |
 Estonian: pedaal |
 Farsi: پدال؛ رکاب |
 Finnish: poljin |
 French: pédale |
 Hebrew: דַוושָה |
 Hindi: पैडल |
 Croatian: pedal, noga |
 Hungarian: pedál |
 Indonesian: pedal |
 Icelandic: fótstig, pedali |
 Italian: pedale |
 Japanese: ペダル |
 Korean: 페달 |
 Lithuanian: pedalas, pamina |
 Latvian: pedālis |
 Malay: pengayuh |
 Dutch: pedaal |
 Norwegian: pedal |
 Polish: pedał |
 Persian: پدال؛ رکاب |
 Pashto: دپښې پايډل، دبايسكل پايډل |
 Portuguese: pedal |
 Romanian: pedală |
 Russian: педаль |
 Slovak: pedál |
 Slovenian: pedal |
 Serbian: pedala |
 Swedish: pedal, trampa |
 Thai: คันเหยียบ |
 Turkish: pedal |
 Taiwanese: 腳踏板 |
 Ukrainian: педаль; ножний важіль |
 Urdu: ايک بيرم جو پير سے چلائي |
 Vietnamese: bàn đạp |
 Chinese: 脚踏板 |
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