pedal
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A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism,…
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
an orthopedic structure or a footlike part.
An effects unit, especially one designed to be activated by being stepped on.
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A stirrup.
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.
To operate a pedal attached to a wheel in a continuous circular motion.
- to pedal one's loom
To operate a bicycle.
- He was out of breath from pedalling up the steep hill.
Of or relating to the foot.
The neighborhood
Derived
ambipedal, back-pedal, backpedal, back pedal brake, brake pedal, carpopedal, cerebropedal, clutch pedal, combination pedal, equipedal, foot pedal, footpedal, gas pedal, go pedal, hexapedal, hydropedal, interpedal, intrapedal, lateropedal, loop pedal, monopedal, multipedal, overpedal, pedal bin, pedalboard, pedalboat, pedal bone, pedal car, pedal curve, pedal cycle, pedal cyclist, pedality, pedal keyboard, pedaller, pedally, pedal note, pedal point, pedal pub, pedal pusher, pedal pushers · +24 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at pedal. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at pedal. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
5 hops · closes at pedal
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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