Antonyms for pedal

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : ped-l or for 6–8, peed-l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛd l or for 6–8, ˈpid l

Definition of pedal

Origin : 1610s, "lever (on an organ) worked by foot," from French pédale "feet, trick with the feet," from Italian pedale "treadle, pedal," from Late Latin pedale "(thing) of the foot," neuter of Latin pedalis "of the foot," from pes (genitive pedis) "foot" (see foot (n.)).
Extended to various mechanical contrivances by 1789. Pedal steel guitar is from 1969. Pedal-pushers "type of women's trousers suitable for bicycling" is from 1944.
When college girls took to riding bicycles in slacks, they first rolled up one trouser leg, then rolled up both. This whimsy has now produced a trim variety of long shorts, called "pedal pushers." ["Life," Aug. 28, 1944]

As in lever : noun machine
As in play : verb produce music
As in bike : verb to bicycle

Example sentences :

Pedal line: in caterpillars: extends along the base of the feet.
Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith

All I had to do to work miracles was press ever so lightly a pedal.
Extract from : « Working With the Working Woman » by Cornelia Stratton Parker

"There," he said at last, getting up and barking his shin against the pedal.
Extract from : « Once a Week » by Alan Alexander Milne

This pedal sustains but does not increase the power of the sound that is produced.
Extract from : « The Pianolist » by Gustav Kobb

Elizabeth saw it at a point when she could not control the pedal with her foot.
Extract from : « The Wind Before the Dawn » by Dell H. Munger

Mixtures were inserted in the pedal departments of all large organs.
Extract from : « The Recent Revolution in Organ Building » by George Laing Miller

We may add to these the pedal organ, which can be coupled to any but the echo manual.
Extract from : « How it Works » by Archibald Williams

Suddenly she released the pedal, and lifted her hands from the keys, as if they burned her.
Extract from : « Young Hilda at the Wars » by Arthur Gleason

Holding that clear of the ground Jerry spun it by placing his foot on the pedal.
Extract from : « The Motor Boys » by Clarence Young

The angle ψ for the pedal is the same as the angle ψ for the curve.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 5 » by Various

Synonyms for pedal

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