high center

See also: high-center

English

Alternative forms

high-center, high centre, high-centre

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.
   • 2010, Stephen L. Wood, The Traveller: Notes from an Imperfect Journey Around the World., →ISBN, page 35:

     The banks on either side of the creek were high enough to high center the long trailer house.

2. (intransitive) To become stranded with all wheels off the ground.
   • 2007, Ellis John, John W. Lee, Police Analysis and Planning for Homicide Bombings, →ISBN, page 196:

     A high or sharp breakover tends to cause wheeled vehicles to high center (hang up on the frame midway between the axles).

   • 2010, David Nazar, The Romantic Psychedelic Revolutionary, →ISBN, page 191:

     When snow gets high enough, it causes a vehicle to ride up on it and high center, with the weight on the undercarriage, not on the wheels.

Anagrams

• high centre, high-centre