pedal

ped·al  (pdl)

n.

1.

a. A foot-operated lever used for actuating or controlling a mechanism, as in a loom, sewing machine, piano, or organ.

b. A similar foot-operated part attached to a crank and used for powering various devices, such as a bicycle.

2. Music

a. A pedal point.

b. A pedal keyboard.

adj.

1. Of or relating to a pedal.

2. also (pdl) Of or relating to a foot or footlike part: the pedal extremities.

v. ped·aled or ped·alled, ped·al·ing or ped·al·ling, ped·als

v.intr.

1. To use or operate a pedal or pedals.

2. To ride a bicycle.

v.tr.

To operate the pedals of.

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[French pédale, from Italian pedale, from Latin pedlis, one foot long, from ps, ped-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]

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pedal ¹

Noun

a foot-operated lever used to control a vehicle or machine, or to modify the tone of a musical instrument

Verb

[-alling, -alled] or US [-aling, -aled]

1. to propel (a bicycle) by operating the pedals

2. to operate the pedals of an organ or piano [Latin pedalis, from pes foot]

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pedal ²

Adjective

of or relating to the foot or the feet [Latin pedalis, from pes foot]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pedal - a sustained bass note pedal point musical note, note, tone - a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long"
	2.	pedal - a lever that is operated with the foot foot lever, foot pedal, treadle accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, throttle, gas, gun - a pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the gas" bicycle, bike, cycle, wheel - a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals brake pedal - foot pedal that moves a piston in the master brake cylinder clutch pedal, clutch - a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism; "he smoothely released the clutch with one foot and stepped on the gas with the other" lever - a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum automotive vehicle, motor vehicle - a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails 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 soft pedal - a pedal on a piano that moves the action closer to the strings and so soften the sound loud pedal, sustaining pedal - a pedal on a piano that lifts the dampers from the strings and so allows them to continue vibrating
Verb	1.	pedal - ride a bicycle bicycle, bike, cycle, wheel unicycle - ride a unicycle backpedal - pedal backwards on a bicycle ride - be carried or travel on or in a vehicle; "I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day"
	2.	pedal - operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument music - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" control, operate - handle and cause to function; "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever"
Adj.	1.	pedal - of or relating to the feet; "the word for a pedal extremity is `foot'"

Translations

pedal [ˈpɛdl] n → pedal m

vi → pedalear

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pedal [ˈpɛdl] n → pédale f

vi → pédaler

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pedal [ˈpɛdl] n → Pedal nt

vi → in die Pedale treten

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pedal [ˈpɛdl] n → pedale m

vi → pedalare