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high centered

high centered is the simple past and past participle of high center.

Meaning of high center

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

Adjective

high centered (not comparable)

  1. (Of a vehicle) stranded with all wheels off the ground.

Questions about high centered

What does high centered mean?
High centered means stranded with all wheels off the ground.
What is high centered the simple past and past participle of?
High centered is the simple past and past participle of high center.
What part of speech is high centered?
High centered is an adjective.

Words near high centered in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: high centered (page history and authors); high center (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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