"high center" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: high centers [present, singular, third-person], high centering [participle, present], high centered [participle, past], high centered [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-high_center-en-verb-UKyPFbjk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53
  2. (intransitive) To become stranded with all wheels off the ground. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-high_center-en-verb-ZcAQNhx6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for high center meaning in English (2.2kB)

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