Definition of pedal Pedal
/pɛˈdʌl/ - [pedul] - ped•al
We found 18 definitions of pedal from 6 different sources.
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What does pedal mean?
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NounPlural: pedals |
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| pedal - a lever that is operated with the foot | ||
| treadle, foot pedal, foot lever | ||
| lever a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum | ||
| 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 | ||
| automotive vehicle, motor vehicle a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails | ||
| bicycle, bike, cycle, wheel a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals | ||
| accelerator pedal, gas pedal, throttle, accelerator, gas, gun a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine | ||
| brake pedal foot pedal that moves a piston in the master brake cylinder | ||
| clutch pedal, clutch a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism; "this year's model has an improved clutch" | ||
| soft pedal a pedal on a piano that moves the action closer to the strings and so soften the sound | ||
| pedal - a sustained bass note | ||
| pedal point | ||
| musical note, note, tone a characteristic emotional quality; "it ended on a sour note"; "there was a note of gaiety in her manner"; "he detected a note of sarcasm" | ||
Verb |
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| pedal - operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument | ||
| spiel, play speak at great length (about something) | ||
| operate, control happen; "What is going on in the minds of the people?" | ||
| music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" | ||
| pedal - ride a bicycle | ||
| bicycle, cycle, bike, wheel | ||
| ride copulate with; "The bull was riding the cow" | ||
| unicycle ride a unicycle | ||
| backpedal modify one's opinion, make it less strong | ||
Adjectivepedal, pedaller, pedallest |
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| pedal - of or relating to the feet; "the word for a pedal extremity is `foot'" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- pedal (Noun)
A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano. - pedal (Noun)
A foot or footlike part. - pedal (Verb)
To operate a pedal attached to a wheel in a continuous circular motion. - pedal (Verb)
To operate a bicycle. - pedal (Adjective)
Of or relating to the foot.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- pedal (a.)
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. - pedal (a.)
Of or pertaining to a pedal; having pedals. - pedal (a.)
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. - pedal (a.)
A pedal curve or surface.
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Of or pertaining to the foot or feet. -
pedal
A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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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. pedalis—pes, pedis, the foot.]
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