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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] pedal 2 Adjective of or relating to the foot or the feet [Latin pedalis, from pes foot]
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There was a great deal more clapping when she finished, and when this was over, as an encore, she gave a piece which imitated the sea; there were little trills to represent the lapping waves and thundering chords, with the loud pedal down, to suggest a storm. he cried, letting down the pedal of the washing basin in which he had been sousing his healthy red neck. What I did was to turn in the opposite direction to the other gate, where we might so easily have been cut off, and to pedal for my life--up-hill! |
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