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| pedal | |
| 1. pedal | |
| 2. pedalear | |
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| pedal | |
| 1. s. A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano |  |
| There are three pedals on manual cars, two on automatics. | |
| A piano usually has two or three pedals. | |
| the pedal of a loom | |
| 2. s. (medicine) a foot or footlike part. | |
| 3. s. (music) An effects unit, especially one designed to be activated by being stepped on. | |
| 4. s. (equestrian, jocular) A stirrup. | |
| 5. s. (music) The ranks of pipes played from the pedal-board of an organ. | |
| A small organ commonly has only one or two ranks on the pedal. | |
| 6. v. To operate a pedal attached to a wheel in a continuous circular motion. | |
| to pedal one's loom | |
| 7. v. To operate a bicycle. | |
| He was out of breath from pedalling up the steep hill. | |
| 8. adj. Of or relating to the foot. | |
