PEDAL


Meaning of PEDAL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ped(ə)l ]

( pedals, pedalling, pedalled)

Note: in AM, use 'pedaling', 'pedaled'

1.

The pedals on a bicycle are the two parts that you push with your feet in order to make the bicycle move.

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2.

When you pedal a bicycle, you push the pedals around with your feet to make it move.

She climbed on her bike with a feeling of pride and pedalled the five miles home...

She was too tired to pedal back.

VERB : V n , V adv / prep

see also back-pedal , soft-pedal

3.

A pedal in a car or on a machine is a lever that you press with your foot in order to control the car or machine.

...the brake or accelerator pedals.

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