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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

high-centre en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To cause (a vehicle) to become stranded with all wheels off the ground.
    • Trying to pull out, he high-centred the truck on a stump. 2009, David Carpenter, Welcome to Canada, →ISBN, page 64:
    • I became worried about high-centring the car, so I pulled it off to the side and began walking. 2013, Daniel Baylis, The Traveller: Notes from an Imperfect Journey Around the World., →ISBN, page 390:
  2. (intransitive) To become stranded with all wheels off the ground.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
high-centred Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
high-centred Tense=Past lexicographic
high-centring Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
high-centres Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic