[ped-l or, for 6–8, peed-l] 
noun, verb, -aled, -al⋅ing or (especially British
) -alled, -al⋅ling, 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. |
| ped·al (pěd'l) n.
v. intr.
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.] |
pedal ped·al (pěd'l, pēd'l)
adj.
Of or relating to a foot or footlike part.