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

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pedal

n pedal [ˈpedl]

a lever worked by the foot, as on a bicycle, piano, organ etc the brake pedal in a car. pedaal دَوّاسَه педал pedál pedal das Pedal πετάλι pedal pedaal پدال؛ رکاب poljin pédale דַוושָה पैडल pedal,noga pedál pedal fótstig, pedali pedale ペダル 페달 pedalas, pamina pedālis pengayuh pedaal pedal pedał pedal pedală педаль pedál pedal pedala pedal, trampa คันเหยียบ pedal 腳踏板 педаль; ножний важіль ايک بيرم جو پير سے چلائي جائے bàn đạp 脚踏板

v – past tense, past participle ˈpedalled , (American ) ˈpedaled –

to move (something) by means of pedals He pedalled (his bicycle) down the road. fiets, fietsry يَسير على الدرّاجَه натискам педалите на šlapat do pedálů cykle radfahren κάνω πετάλι, ποδηλατώ pedalear pedaalima پدال زدن؛ رکاب زدن polkea pédaler לְדַווֵש पेडल से चलाना pedalirati,gaziti predal pedáloz menggenjot, mengayuh stíga; hjóla pedalare 페달을 밟다 minti pedalus, važiuoti (dviračiu) mīt pedāļus; braukt ar divriteni mengayuh peddelen, fietsen trå, sykle pedałować pedalar a pedala ехать (на велосипеде) šľapať do pedálov vrteti pedale okretati pedale använda pedalen (pedalerna), trampa เหยียบคันเหยียบ pedal çevirmek/basmak 踩踏板 натискати на педалі پيڈل سے حرکت دينا đạp 踩踏板

to pedal (not paddle ) a bicycle.