[syn: bicycle, cycle, bike, pedal, wheel]
2. operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument;
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. of or relating to the feet;
- Example: "the word for a pedal extremity is `foot'"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pedal \Pe"dal\ (p[e^]d"al), 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.
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2. (Geom.) A pedal curve or surface.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pedal \Pe"dal\ (p[=e]"dal in def 1; 277), 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 (Zool.), pertaining to the foot
of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglion.
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2. (p[e^]d"al) Of or pertaining to a pedal; having pedals.
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Pedal curve or Pedal 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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pedal
adj 1: of or relating to the feet; "the word for a pedal
extremity is `foot'"
n 1: a sustained bass note [syn: pedal point, pedal]
2: a lever that is operated with the foot [syn: pedal,
treadle, foot pedal, foot lever]
v 1: ride a bicycle [syn: bicycle, cycle, bike, pedal,
wheel]
2: operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
82 Moby Thesaurus words for "pedal":
advance, bar, beam, bicycle, bike, boom, bowl, bunt, bus, butt,
cant hook, catch a train, chauffeur, choir, claviature, claw bar,
clawed, console, crank, crow, crowbar, cycle, drive, echo,
eighty-eight, entrain, fingerboard, footed, forward, go by rail,
great, handspike, hoofed, impel, iron crow, ivories, jimmy,
joyride, keyboard, keys, lever, limb, make a train, manual,
marlinespike, motor, motorcycle, move, organ manual, outrigger,
peavey, pedals, piano keys, pinch bar, plantar, pole, prize,
propel, pry, push, ride, ripping bar, roll, row, shove, shunt,
solo, spar, sweep, sweep along, swell, take a joyride, taloned,
taxi, thrust, toed, treadle, troll, trundle, ungulate, wheel,
wrecking bar