"high centre" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: high centres [present, singular, third-person], high centring [participle, present], high centred [participle, past], high centred [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-high_centre-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_centre-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 centre meaning in English (1.7kB)

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