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high-centre

high-centre verb: to cause (a vehicle) to become stranded with all wheels off the ground.

Verb

high-centre (third-person singular simple present high-centres, present participle high-centring, simple past and past participle high-centred)

  1. (transitive) To cause (a vehicle) to become stranded with all wheels off the ground.
    • I became worried about high-centring the car, so I pulled it off to the side and began walking.2013, Daniel Baylis, The Traveller: Notes from an Imperfect Journey Around the World., →ISBN, page 390
    • Trying to pull out, he high-centred the truck on a stump.2009, David Carpenter, Welcome to Canada, →ISBN, page 64
  2. (intransitive) To become stranded with all wheels off the ground.

Forms of high-centre

third-person singular presenthigh-centres
present participlehigh-centring
past participlehigh-centred
pasthigh-centred

Questions about high-centre

What does high-centre mean?
High-centre means to cause (a vehicle) to become stranded with all wheels off the ground.
What part of speech is high-centre?
High-centre is a verb.
What is the past tense of high-centre?
The past tense of high-centre is high-centred.

Words near high-centre in the dictionary

  1. high-card
  2. high-center
  3. high-centered
  4. high-centering
  5. high-centers
  6. high-centre
  7. high-centred
  8. high-centres
  9. high-centring
  10. high-cheekboner
  11. high-cheekboners

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