foot pedal

  • 81foot — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 part of the body ADJECTIVE ▪ left, right ▪ back, front ▪ He shifted his weight onto his back foot. ▪ dainty …

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  • 82pedal — 1 noun (C) 1 one of the two parts of a bicycle that you push round with your feet to make the bicycle go forward 2 a part in a car or on a machine that you press with your foot to control it: the accelerator pedal 3 a part on a piano or organ… …

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  • 83pedal — 1. noun /ˈpɛdəl,ˈpiːdəl/ a) A lever operated by ones foot that is used to control a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano b) Concerning a foot or footlike part. 2. verb /ˈpɛdəl,ˈpiːdəl/ …

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  • 84pedal — 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… …

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  • 85foot — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. base, bottom, footing; hoof, paw; foot soldiers, infantry. v. t. add [up]; informal, pay for. See support, combatant, payment. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A unit of measurement] Syn. twelve inches, running …

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  • 86foot — noun (plural feet fi:t) 1》 the lower extremity of the leg below the ankle, on which a person or animal stands or walks.     ↘literary manner or speed of walking or running: fleet of foot.     ↘[treated as plural] Brit. infantry; foot soldiers. 2》 …

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  • 87pedal — [[t]pe̱d(ə)l[/t]] pedals, pedalling, pedalled (in AM, use pedaling, pedaled) 1) N COUNT The pedals on a bicycle are the two parts that you push with your feet in order to make the bicycle move. 2) VERB When you pedal a bicycle, you push the… …

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  • 88pedal bin — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms pedal bin : singular pedal bin plural pedal bins British a container for rubbish with a lid that opens when you press a pedal with your foot …

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  • 89pedal steel — noun or pedal steel guitar : a box shaped musical instrument with legs that has usually 10 strings which are plucked with metal finger picks and of which the pitch may be adjusted either by sliding a steel bar along them or by using foot pedals… …

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  • 90pedal — 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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