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FOOT PEDAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A lever that is operated with the foot
Synonyms:
foot lever; foot pedal; pedal; treadle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("foot pedal" is a kind of...):
lever (a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "foot pedal"):
accelerator; accelerator pedal; gas; gas pedal; gun; throttle (a pedal that controls the throttle valve)
brake pedal (foot pedal that moves a piston in the master brake cylinder)
clutch; clutch pedal (a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism)
soft pedal (a pedal on a piano that moves the action closer to the strings and so soften the sound)
loud pedal; sustaining pedal (a pedal on a piano that lifts the dampers from the strings and so allows them to continue vibrating)
Holonyms ("foot pedal" is a part of...):
bicycle; bike; cycle; wheel (a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals)
automotive vehicle; motor vehicle (a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails)
organ; pipe organ (wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard)
