"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 Categories (topical): Automotive
    Sense id: en-high-centre-en-verb-UKyPFbjk Disambiguation of Automotive: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 58 42 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 59 41
  2. (intransitive) To become stranded with all wheels off the ground. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Automotive
    Sense id: en-high-centre-en-verb-ZcAQNhx6 Disambiguation of Automotive: 55 45 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 (2.6kB)

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