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PEDAL
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Irregular inflected forms: pedalled , pedalling
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A lever that is operated with the foot
Synonyms:
foot lever; foot pedal; pedal; treadle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pedal" is a kind of...):
lever (a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pedal"):
accelerator; accelerator pedal; gas; gas pedal; gun; throttle (a pedal that controls the throttle valve)
brake pedal (foot pedal that moves a piston in the master brake cylinder)
clutch; clutch pedal (a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism)
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)
Holonyms ("pedal" is a part of...):
bicycle; bike; cycle; wheel (a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals)
automotive vehicle; motor vehicle (a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails)
organ; pipe 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)
Derivation:
pedal (ride a bicycle)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Synonyms:
pedal; pedal point
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("pedal" is a kind of...):
musical note; note; tone (a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound)
Derivation:
pedal (operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
the word for a pedal extremity is 'foot'
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
vertebrate foot (the extremity of the limb in vertebrates)
III. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they pedal ... he / she / it pedals
Past simple: pedaled /pedalled
Sense 1
Meaning:
Operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "pedal" is one way to...):
control; operate (handle and cause to function)
"Pedal" entails doing...:
play; spiel (replay (as a melody))
Domain category:
music (musical activity (singing or whistling etc.))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
pedal (a sustained bass note)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Synonyms:
bicycle; bike; cycle; pedal; wheel
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "pedal" is one way to...):
ride (be carried or travel on or in a vehicle)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pedal"):
unicycle (ride a unicycle)
backpedal (pedal backwards on a bicycle)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
pedal (a lever that is operated with the foot)
pedaler; pedaller (a person who rides a pedal-driven vehicle (as a bicycle))