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# pedal

noun (a pedal, pedals); verb (pedal, pedals, pedalled/pedaled, pedalling/pedaling)

«pedal» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A part you push with your foot to make a bike move. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pedal/#m1)
2. A part you press with your foot to control a machine, car or piano. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pedal/#m2)
3. (verb) To push the pedals of a bike to make it go. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pedal/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and safety, cycling: pedal steadily, keep your feet on the pedals, wear a helmet. In science, pedals and gears are simple machines that turn your push into movement. In cars, the brake and accelerator are pedals. Phrases: «pedal hard», «back-pedal», «pedal bin», «brake pedal».

### Examples

- Push down on the pedals to make the bike go. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pedal/#x1)
- I pedalled up the hill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pedal/#x2)
- The car has a brake pedal and a gas pedal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pedal/#x3)
- Press the piano pedal to make the note last longer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pedal/#x4)
- She pedalled as fast as she could. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pedal/#x5)
- Put the rubbish in the pedal bin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pedal/#x6)
- My foot slipped off the pedal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pedal/#x7)

### Note

UK spelling: pedalled, pedalling; US: pedaled, pedaling. Homophone: «peddle» (to sell things, often in a bad way). Back-pedal means change what you said.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pedal» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pedal/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pedal» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pedal.html) on Mova free.