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high centering

high centering is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about high centering

What is high centering the present participle and gerund of?
High centering is the present participle and gerund of high center.

Words near high centering in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: high centering (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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