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high center

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

Verb

high center (third-person singular simple present high centers, present participle high centering, simple past and past participle high centered)

  1. (transitive) To cause (a vehicle) to become stranded with all wheels off the ground.
    • The banks on either side of the creek were high enough to high center the long trailer house.2010, Stephen L. Wood, The Traveller: Notes from an Imperfect Journey Around the World., →ISBN, page 35
  2. (intransitive) To become stranded with all wheels off the ground.
    • A high or sharp breakover tends to cause wheeled vehicles to high center (hang up on the frame midway between the axles).2007, Ellis John, John W. Lee, Police Analysis and Planning for Homicide Bombings, →ISBN, page 196
    • When snow gets high enough, it causes a vehicle to ride up on it and high center, with the weight on the undercarriage, not on the wheels.2010, David Nazar, The Romantic Psychedelic Revolutionary, →ISBN, page 191

Forms of high center

third-person singular presenthigh centers
present participlehigh centering
past participlehigh centered
pasthigh centered

Questions about high center

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

Words near high center in the dictionary

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  2. high C
  3. high camp
  4. high card
  5. high cards
  6. high center
  7. high centered
  8. high centering
  9. high centers
  10. high centre
  11. high centred

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