pedal

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A lever you press with your foot to control or power a machine such as a bicycle, car, or piano.

   There are three pedals in a car with a manual gearbox.

2. 2
   verb

   To push the pedals of a bicycle to make it move.

   He was out of breath from pedalling up the steep hill.

3. 3
   adj

   Relating to the feet.

   The doctor examined a problem in his pedal joints.

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

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