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treadboard |
treader |
treadfowl |
treading water |
treadle
| treadmill
| treadmill test
| treadwheel
| treague
| treason
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treadle
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun treadle has 1 sense
- treadle(n = noun.artifact) foot lever, foot pedal, pedal - a lever that is operated with the foot; Array has particulars: accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas, gas pedal, gun, throttle, brake pedal, clutch, clutch pedal, soft pedal, loud pedal, sustaining pedal
is a part of bicycle, bike, cycle, wheel, automotive vehicle, motor vehicle, organ, pipe organ
is a kind of lever
Derived form verb treadle2
Verb treadle has 2 senses
- treadle(v = verb.motion) Array - tread over; "the brick maker treadles over clay to pick out the stones" is one way to trample, tread
- treadle(v = verb.contact) Array - operate (machinery) by a treadle; Array is one way to control, operate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived form noun treadle1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
treadle, n. [OE. tredyl a step, AS. tredel. See Tread.].
- The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is pressed or moved by the foot. [1913 Webster]
- The chalaza of a bird's egg; the tread. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
treadle, n. & v.
--n. a lever worked by the foot and imparting motion to a machine.
--v.intr. work a treadle.
--n. a lever worked by the foot and imparting motion to a machine.
--v.intr. work a treadle.
Etymology
OE tredel stair (as TREAD)
THESAURUS
treadle
advance, bar, beam, boom, bowl, bunt, butt, cant hook, claw bar, crank, crow, crowbar, drive, forward, handspike, impel, iron crow, jimmy, lever, limb, marlinespike, move, outrigger, peavey, pedal, pinch bar, pole, prize, propel, pry, push, ripping bar, roll, row, shove, shunt, spar, sweep, sweep along, thrust, troll, trundle, wrecking barROGET THESAURUS
treadle
Instrument
N instrument, machinery, mechanism, engineering, instrument, organ, tool, implement, utensil, machine, engine, lathe, gin, mill, air engine, caloric engine, heat engine, gear, tackle, tackling, rig, rigging, apparatus, appliances, plant, materiel, harness, trappings, fittings, accouterments, barde, equipment, equipmentage, appointments, furniture, upholstery, chattels, paraphernalia, mechanical powers, lever, leverage, mechanical advantage, crow, crowbar, handspike, gavelock, jemmy, jimmy, arm, limb, wing, oar, paddle, pulley, wheel and axle, wheelwork, clockwork, wheels within wheels, pinion, crank, winch, cam, pedal, capstan, wheel, inclined plane, wedge, screw, spring, mainspring, can hook, glut, heald, heddle, jenny, parbuckle, sprag, water wheel, handle, hilt, haft, shaft, heft, shank, blade, trigger, tiller, helm, treadle, key, turnscrew, screwdriver, knocker, hammer, edge tool, borer, vice, teeth, nail, rope, peg, support, spoon, arms, oar, cardiograph, recapper, snowplow, tenpenny, votograph, instrumental, mechanical, machinal, brachial.
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