pedal

Meanings

Noun

• A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano
• an orthopedic structure or a footlike part.
• An effects unit, especially one designed to be activated by being stepped on.
• A stirrup.
• The ranks of pipes played from the pedal-board of an organ.

Verb

• To operate a pedal attached to a wheel in a continuous circular motion.
• To operate a bicycle.

Adjective

• Of or relating to the foot.

Origin

• Borrowed from French pédale, Latin pedālis.