pedal

  • 51pedal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. treadle, lever. See instrumentality. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. treadle, foot lever, pedal keyboard, clutch, brake, foot feed, gas feed, accelerator; see also lever . v. Syn. treadle, operate, control,… …

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  • 52Pedal — Pe|dal 〈n.; Gen.: s, Pl.: e〉 1. mit dem Fuß zu betätigende Tretkurbel; FahrradPedal 2. 〈Musik〉 a) 〈Orgel〉 Reihe der Tasten, die mit den Füßen bedient wird; Ggs.: Manual b) 〈Klavier〉 Fußhebel zum Nachschwingenlassen der Saiten od. Dämpfen der Töne …

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  • 53pedal — [17] Pedal is one of a group of English words which go back to Latin pēs ‘foot’ or its Romance descendants (to which English foot is related). Others include impede [17], pedestal [16] (which comes via French from Old Italian piedestallo, a… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 54pedal — ped·al || pedl n. lever that is used to operate a device v. press on a pedal; ride a bicycle …

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  • 55pedal — [ˈped(ə)l] noun [C] a part of a bicycle, vehicle, or machine that you push with your foot in order to operate it pedal verb [I/T] …

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  • 56pedal — ped•al [[t]ˈpɛd l[/t]] for 6also [[t]ˈpid l[/t]] n. v. aled, al•ing (esp. brit.) alled, al•ling, 1) a foot operated lever or part used to control, activate, or supply power to various mechanisms 2) mad a) a foot operated lever on a keyboard… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 57pedal —   Hehi wāwae.    ♦ To pedal, hehi …

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  • 58Pedal — das Pedal, e (Mittelstufe) Teil des Fahrrads, der für den Fuß bestimmt ist Beispiele: Der Radfahrer ist in die Pedale getreten. Das Kind kommt mit den Beinen schon an die Pedale …

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  • 59pedal — [17] Pedal is one of a group of English words which go back to Latin pēs ‘foot’ or its Romance descendants (to which English foot is related). Others include impede [17], pedestal [16] (which comes via French from Old Italian piedestallo, a… …

    Word origins

  • 60Pedal Steel Guitar — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda El pedal steel guitar es un tipo de guitarra eléctrica, que utiliza una barra de tonos para pisar las cuerdas, en lugar de los dedos como se hace con una guitarra convencional. El instrumento se coloca… …

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