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noun | verb pedalpedal1 /ˈpɛdl/ ●●○ noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYpedal1Origin: 1600-1700 French pedale, from Italian, from Latin pedalis of the foot 1 one of the two parts of a bicycle that you push with your feet to make the bicycle go forward2a part in a car or on a machine that you press with your foot to control it: the gas pedal3eng. lang. arts a part on a piano or organ that you press with your foot to change the quality of the sound4put/push the pedal to the metal to drive a car, truck, etc. very fast [Origin: 1600–1700 French pedale, from Italian, from Latin pedalis of the foot] noun | verb pedalpedal2 verb [intransitive, transitive] VERB TABLEpedal |
Present | I, you, we, they | pedal | | he, she, it | pedals | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | pedaled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have pedaled | | he, she, it | has pedaled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had pedaled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will pedal | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have pedaled |
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Present | I | am pedaling | | he, she, it | is pedaling | | you, we, they | are pedaling | Past | I, he, she, it | was pedaling | | you, we, they | were pedaling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been pedaling | | he, she, it | has been pedaling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been pedaling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be pedaling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been pedaling |
to ride a bicycle or other machine that has pedals → see also backpedal, soft-pedal |