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)
- 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
- 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.
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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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