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ped·al 
[ped-l or, for 6–8, peed-l] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -aled, -al·ing or (especially British) -alled, -al·ling, adjective
[ped-l or, for 6–8, peed-l] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -aled, -al·ing or (especially British) -alled, -al·ling, adjective –noun
–verb (used without object)
–verb (used with object)
–adjective
| 1. | a foot-operated lever used to control certain mechanisms, as automobiles, or to play or modify the sounds of certain musical instruments, as pianos, organs, or harps. |
| 2. | a leverlike part worked by the foot to supply power in various mechanisms, as the bicycle. |
| 3. | Music.
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| 4. | to work or use the pedals, as in playing an organ or propelling a bicycle. |
| 5. | to work the pedals of (an organ, bicycle, etc.). |
| 6. | of or pertaining to a foot or the feet. |
| 7. | of or pertaining to a pedal or pedals. |
| 8. | using pedals: a pedal mechanism. |
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| ped·al
(pěd'l) Pronunciation Key
n.
adj.
v. ped·aled or ped·alled, ped·al·ing or ped·al·ling, ped·als v. intr.
v. tr. To operate the pedals of. [French pédale, from Italian pedale, from Latin pedālis, one foot long, from pēs, ped-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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pedal
1611, "lever (on an organ) worked by foot," from Fr. pédale, from It. pedale "treadle, pedal," from L.L. pedale "(thing) of the foot," neut. of L. pedalis "of the foot," from pes (gen. pedis) "foot" (see foot). Extended to various mechanical contrivances by 1789. The verb is from the noun; 1866 of organs, 1888 of bicycles. Pedal-pushers "type of women's trousers suitable for bicycling" is from 1944.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| pedal | |
adjective | |
| 1. | of or relating to the feet; "the word for a pedal extremity is 'foot'" |
noun | |
| 1. | a sustained bass note [syn: pedal point] |
| 2. | a lever that is operated with the foot |
verb | |
| 1. | ride a bicycle [syn: bicycle] |
| 2. | operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument |
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
pedal ped·al (pěd'l, pēd'l)
adj.
Of or relating to a foot or footlike part.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Pedal
Pe"dal\, a. [L. pedalis, fr. pes, pedis, foot. See Foot, and cf. Pew.]1. Of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or figuratively; specifically (Zo["o]l.), pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglion. 2. Of or pertaining to a pedal; having pedals. Pedal curve or surface (Geom.), the curve or surface which is the locus of the feet of perpendiculars let fall from a fixed point upon the straight lines tangent to a given curve, or upon the planes tangent to a given surface. Pedal note (Mus.), the note which is held or sustained through an organ point. See Organ point, under Organ. Pedal organ (Mus.), an organ which has pedals or a range of keys moved by the feet; that portion of a full organ which is played with the feet.
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Pedal
Pe"dal\, n. [Cf. F. p['e]dale, It. pedale. See Pedal, a.]1. (Mech.) 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. 2. (Geom.) A pedal curve or surface.
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