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| TV Shop | As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| NOUN | 1 | treadle, pedal, foot pedal, foot lever | A lever that is operated with the foot |
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| VERB | 1 | treadle | Tread over |
| 2 | treadle | Operate (machinery) by a treadle |
| Meaning | A lever that is operated with the foot. |
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| Synonyms | pedal, foot pedal, foot lever |
| Part of | bicycle, bike, wheel, cycle; motor vehicle, automotive vehicle; organ, pipe organ |
| Broader | lever |
| Narrower | accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, gas, throttle, gun; brake pedal; clutch, clutch pedal; soft pedal; sustaining pedal, loud pedal |
| Verbs | treadle |
| Meaning | Tread over. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "the brick maker treadles over clay to pick out the stones" |
| Broader | tread, trample |
| Meaning | Operate (machinery) by a treadle. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Broader | operate, control |
| Nouns | treadle |
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