high-centred
high-centred is the simple past and past participle of high-centre.
Meaning of high-centre
Verb
high-centre (third-person singular simple present high-centres, present participle high-centring, simple past and past participle high-centred)
- 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
- To become stranded with all wheels off the ground.
Adjective
high-centred (not comparable)
- stranded with all wheels off the ground.
- When found, the vehicle was stuck, high-centred as an apparent attempt had been made to drive it through a creek bed.2010, T. M. Scotty Gardiner, In the Mind of a Mountie, →ISBN, page 422
- Somehow, we'd become high-centred on a big boulder at the creek crossing. One back wheel was spinning wildly.2008, Bruce T. Batchelor, Nine Dog Winter, →ISBN, page 35
Questions about high-centred
- What does high-centred mean?
- High-centred means stranded with all wheels off the ground.
- What is high-centred the simple past and past participle of?
- High-centred is the simple past and past participle of high-centre.
- What part of speech is high-centred?
- High-centred is an adjective.
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