pedal
Part of speech: noun
verb
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: entertainment
equestrianism
hobbies
horses
lifestyle
medicine
music
pets
sciences
sports
Etymology: Borrowed from French pédale, Latin pedāl(is). By surface analysis, ped- + -al.
Inflected forms:
form: pedals
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: pedals
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: pedaling
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
present
form: pedalling
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
present
form: pedaled
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
past
form: pedaled
pos: verb
tags: US
past
form: pedalled
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
past
form: pedalled
pos: verb
tags: UK
past
Senses:
gloss: A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano.
pos: noun
examples: There are three pedals on manual cars, two on automatics.
A piano usually has two or three pedals.
the pedal of a loom
Of the Adirondackers who make their homes here and then rarely use them—the outdoorsiest of the outdoorspeople—some climb mountains, others cliffs; some push pedals, other paddles; […]
gloss: an orthopedic structure or a footlike part.
pos: noun
gloss: An effects unit, especially one designed to be activated by being stepped on.
pos: noun
gloss: A stirrup.
pos: noun
tags: humorous
gloss: The ranks of pipes played from the pedal-board of an organ.
pos: noun
examples: A small organ commonly has only one or two ranks on the pedal.
gloss: To operate a pedal attached to a wheel in a continuous circular motion.
pos: verb
examples: to pedal one's loom
gloss: To operate a bicycle.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: He was out of breath from pedalling up the steep hill.
In the 1890’s “women were behind the stove,” he relates. But they cycled, too. “And they had difficulty pedalling bicycles with ankle-length skirts. “At the time,” Taylor said, “the most sinful thing a woman could do was to show light between her legs. “The original culotte was designed by a LAW member’s wife. The churches (in the East) termed this bepantsed female activity of biking “sinful bicycling,” he noted.
Crucial to the crankset is the bottom bracket. Of all the bearings on a bike, the bottom bracket is the one that has to bear the heaviest load. Not only does the bottom bracket have to spin while you pedal, but it takes the force of all the twisting and turning that occurs during pedaling.
The old man's backside fizgigged with laughter. "See ya, kid!" he called as Dave pedaled away.
Pinot was among those involved in the huge pile-up just as the race entered the final three kilometres. Grazes were visible under his torn clothing as he pedalled, with a face like thunder, to the finish line.
gloss: Of or relating to the foot.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Derived words: 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
pedal squares
pedal steel
pedal steel guitar
pedal steel guitarist
pedal stool
pedal-stool
pedal stroke
pedal to the metal
pentapedal
plesiopedal
pleuropedal
put pedal to the metal
put the pedal to the metal
quadripedal
sesquipedal
soft-pedal
soft pedal
sostenuto pedal
suprapedal
sustaining pedal
una corda pedal
unipedal
wah pedal
wah-wah pedal
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