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Soft Pedal

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Noun

1. soft pedal

a pedal on a piano that moves the action closer to the strings and so soften the sound

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Soft Pedal

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noun
music
a foot-operated lever on a piano, the left one of two, that either moves the whole action closer to the strings so that the hammers strike with less force or causes fewer of the strings to sound
The left pedal is the soft pedal.
see also sustaining pedal, piano1
verb -als, -alling, -alled or US -als, -aling or -aled (transitive)
1. 
to mute the tone of (a piano) by depressing the soft pedal
2. informal
to make (something, esp something unpleasant) less obvious by deliberately failing to emphasize or allude to it
noun soft pedal
3. 
a foot-operated lever on a piano, the left one of two, that either moves the whole action closer to the strings so that the hammers strike with less force or causes fewer of the strings to sound
Compare sustaining pedal, piano1

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Soft Pedal

see synonyms of soft pedal
a pedal used to soften or dampen the tone of a piano or any of certain other musical instruments
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈsoft-ˈpedaled or ˈsoft-ˈpedalled, ˈsoft-ˈpedaling or ˈsoft-ˈpedalling
1. 
to soften or dampen the tone of (a musical instrument) by use of a special pedal
2.  Informal
to make less emphatic, less obtrusive, less conspicuous, etc.; tone down; play down

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Soft Pedal

see synonyms of soft pedal
n.
A pedal used to mute tone, as on a piano.
tr.v. soft-ped·aled, soft-ped·al·ing, soft-ped·als or soft-ped·alled or soft-ped·al·ling
1. Music To soften or mute the tone of by depressing the soft pedal.
2. Informal To make less emphatic or obvious; play down: soft-pedal a potentially explosive issue.

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