Pedal

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A foot-operated lever used for actuating or controlling a mechanism, as in a loom, sewing machine, piano, or organ.
  • n. A similar foot-operated part attached to a crank and used for powering various devices, such as a bicycle.
  • n. Music A pedal point.
  • n. Music A pedal keyboard.
  • adj. Of or relating to a pedal.
  • adj. Of or relating to a foot or footlike part: the pedal extremities.
  • verb-intransitive. To use or operate a pedal or pedals.
  • verb-intransitive. To ride a bicycle.
  • v. To operate the pedals of.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano
  • n. a foot or footlike part.
  • v. To operate a pedal attached to a wheel in a continuous circular motion.
  • v. To operate a bicycle.
  • adj. Of or relating to the foot.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or figuratively; specifically (Zoöl.), pertaining to the foot of a mollusk.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to a pedal; having pedals.
  • n. 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.
  • n. A pedal curve or surface.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to or connected with a foot or the feet: as, pedal extremities.
  • Technically— Of or pertaining to a foot-like part of the body, as of a mollusk; podial: as, a pedal ganglion.
  • Of or pertaining to the pes or hind foot only: opposed to manual.
  • Pertaining to the feet of perpendiculars let fall from one point upon tangents to a fixed locus called a basis.
  • 4 (ped′ al). In music, relating to a pedal.
  • In conchology: Any muscle of the foot or podium of a univalve. The posterior adductor of a bivalve, when there are two. See cuts under Astartidæ and Tridaenidæ.
  • n. Any part of a machine or apparatus which is intended to receive and transmit power from the foot of the operator; a treadle: as, the pedals of a bicycle.
  • n. In musical instruments, a foot-lever; a metal or wooden key or projecting bar operated by the foot. , ,
  • n. Same as organ-point.
  • n. A pedal curve or surface, or one of which another is the pedal curve or surface.
  • To work a pedal; use the pedals, as of a piano, organ, bicycle, etc.
  • In geometry, pertaining to the feet of transversals on to the sides of a triangle through a given point and the vertices.
  • n. In geometry, a pedal triangle (which see, under triangle).
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a lever that is operated with the foot
  • n. a sustained bass note
  • adj. of or relating to the feet
  • v. operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument
  • v. ride a bicycle
  • Equivalent
    Verb Form
    pedaled    pedaling    pedalled    pedalling    pedals   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    tone    musical note    note    control    operate   
    Variant
    pedalling    pedalled   
    Form
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    medal    meddle    peddle    redel    wedel   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    lever    brake    gearbox    pulley    piston    throttle    accelerator    joystick    to    relating