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high centre

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

Verb

high centre (third-person singular simple present high centres, present participle high centring, simple past and past participle high centred)

  1. (transitive) To cause (a vehicle) to become stranded with all wheels off the ground.
  2. (intransitive) To become stranded with all wheels off the ground.
    • He was afraid to get in with the cat because there was nowhere to push the snow, and as there was no side to push it to, he was afraid of getting high centred.1997, Ruth Oltmann, My Valley the Kananaskis, →ISBN, page 56

Forms of high centre

third-person singular presenthigh centres
present participlehigh centring
past participlehigh centred
pasthigh centred

Questions about high centre

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

Words near high centre in the dictionary

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

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