pedal

noun
/ˈpɛdəl/

Etymology

Borrowed from French pédale, Latin pedāl(is). By surface analysis, ped- + -al.

  1. borrowed from pedālis
  2. borrowed from pédale

Definitions

  1. 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
  2. an orthopedic structure or a footlike part.

  3. An effects unit, especially one designed to be activated by being stepped on.

  4. + 5 more definitions
    1. A stirrup.

    2. 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.
    3. To operate a pedal attached to a wheel in a continuous circular motion.

      • to pedal one's loom
    4. To operate a bicycle.

      • He was out of breath from pedalling up the steep hill.
    5. Of or relating to the foot.

The neighborhood

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.

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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.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA