English > foot lever: 1 sense > noun 1, artifactMeaning | A lever that is operated with the foot. |
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Synonyms | pedal, treadle, foot pedal |
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Part of | bicycle, bike, wheel, cycle | A wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals |
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motor vehicle, automotive 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 |
Narrower | accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, gas, throttle, gun | A pedal that controls the throttle valve |
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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 |
sustaining pedal, loud pedal | A pedal on a piano that lifts the dampers from the strings and so allows them to continue vibrating |
Broader | lever | A rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum |
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Spanish | pedal |
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Catalan | pedal |
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