'Pedal' definitions:
Definition of 'pedal'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of or relating to the feet; "the word for a pedal extremity is `foot'"
noun
A sustained bass note [syn: pedal point, pedal]
noun
verb
verb
Operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument
Definition of 'Pedal'
From: GCIDE
- Pedal \Pe"dal\ (p[e^]d"al), n. [Cf. F. p['e]dale, It. pedale. See Pedal, a.]
- 1. (Mech.) A lever or key acted on by the foot, as in the pianoforte to raise the dampers, or in the organ to open and close certain pipes; a treadle, as in a lathe or a bicycle. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Geom.) A pedal curve or surface. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Pedal'
From: GCIDE
- Pedal \Pe"dal\ (p[=e]"dal in def 1; 277), a. [L. pedalis, fr. pes, pedis, foot. See Foot, and cf. Pew.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or figuratively; specifically (Zool.), pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglion. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (p[e^]d"al) Of or pertaining to a pedal; having pedals. [1913 Webster]
- Pedal curve or Pedal surface (Geom.), the curve or surface which is the locus of the feet of perpendiculars let fall from a fixed point upon the straight lines tangent to a given curve, or upon the planes tangent to a given surface.
- Pedal note (Mus.), the note which is held or sustained through an organ point. See Organ point, under Organ.
- Pedal organ (Mus.), an organ which has pedals or a range of keys moved by the feet; that portion of a full organ which is played with the feet. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pedal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advance,
- bar,
- beam,
- bicycle,
- bike,
- boom,
- bowl,
- bunt,
- bus,
- butt,
- cant hook,
- catch a train,
- chauffeur,
- choir,
- claviature,
- claw bar,
- clawed,
- console,
- crank,
- crow,
- crowbar,
- cycle,
- drive,
- echo,
- eighty-eight,
- entrain,
- fingerboard,
- footed,
- forward,
- go by rail,
- great,
- handspike,
- hoofed,
- impel,
- iron crow,
- ivories,
- jimmy,
- joyride,
- keyboard,
- keys,
- lever,
- limb,
- make a train,
- manual,
- marlinespike,
- motor,
- motorcycle,
- move,
- organ manual,
- outrigger,
- peavey,
- pedals,
- piano keys,
- pinch bar,
- plantar,
- pole,
- prize,
- propel,
- pry,
- push,
- ride,
- ripping bar,
- roll,
- row,
- shove,
- shunt,
- solo,
- spar,
- sweep,
- sweep along,
- swell,
- take a joyride,
- taloned,
- taxi,
- thrust,
- toed,
- treadle,
- troll,
- trundle,
- ungulate,
- wheel,
- wrecking bar