[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pedal \pe"dal\ p=e"dal in def 1; 277, a. l. pedalis, fr.
   pes, pedis, foot. see foot, and cf. pew.
   1. of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or
      figuratively; specifically zool., pertaining to the foot
      of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglion.
      1913 webster

   2. pe^d"al of or pertaining to a pedal; having pedals.
      1913 webster

   pedal curve or pedal surface geom., the curve or
      surface which is the locus of the feet of perpendiculars
      let fall from a fixed point upon the straight lines
      tangent to a given curve, or upon the planes tangent to a
      given surface.

   pedal note mus., the note which is held or sustained
      through an organ point. see organ point, under organ.
      

   pedal organ mus., an organ which has pedals or a range of
      keys moved by the feet; that portion of a full organ which
      is played with the feet.
      1913 webster
see also:
foot pew pedal curve pedal surface pedal note organ point 
organ pedal organ 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pedal \pe"dal\ pe^d"al, n. cf. f. p'edale, it. pedale.
   see pedal, a.
   1. mech. a lever or key acted on by the foot, as in the
      pianoforte to raise the dampers, or in the organ to open
      and close certain pipes; a treadle, as in a lathe or a
      bicycle.
      1913 webster

   2. geom. a pedal curve or surface.
      1913 webster
see also:
pedal 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

pedal
     adj : of or relating to the feet; "the word for a pedal extremity
           is `foot'"
     n 1: a sustained bass note syn: pedal point
     2: a lever that is operated with the foot syn: treadle, foot
        pedal, foot lever
     v 1: ride a bicycle syn: bicycle, cycle, bike, wheel
     2: operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument
     also: pedalling, pedalled
see also:
pedal point treadle foot pedal foot lever bicycle cycle 
bike wheel pedalling pedalled 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

82 moby thesaurus words for "pedal":
   advance, bar, beam, bicycle, bike, boom, bowl, bunt, bus, butt,
   cant hook, catch a train, chauffeur, choir, claviature, claw bar,
   clawed, console, crank, crow, crowbar, cycle, drive, echo,
   eighty-eight, entrain, fingerboard, footed, forward, go by rail,
   great, handspike, hoofed, impel, iron crow, ivories, jimmy,
   joyride, keyboard, keys, lever, limb, make a train, manual,
   marlinespike, motor, motorcycle, move, organ manual, outrigger,
   peavey, pedals, piano keys, pinch bar, plantar, pole, prize,
   propel, pry, push, ride, ripping bar, roll, row, shove, shunt,
   solo, spar, sweep, sweep along, swell, take a joyride, taloned,
   taxi, thrust, toed, treadle, troll, trundle, ungulate, wheel,
   wrecking bar

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