getijde — meaning in English
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English meaning
- tide noun The regular rise and fall of the sea, caused mainly by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun.
Senses
getijde is used for these senses in English:
- Liturgy of the Hours (Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy) A liturgy for daily use at each of the canonical hours obligatory to all Catholic bishops, priests, and transitional deacons, as well as priests of the Eastern Orthodox Church, and composed of psalms, hymns, and readings but lacking the eucharist.
- tide The daily fluctuation in the level of the sea caused by the gravitational influence of the moon and the sun.
- tide (chronology, obsolete, except in liturgy) Time, notably anniversary, period or season linked to an ecclesiastical feast.
tide — full definition
- noun The regular rise and fall of the sea, caused mainly by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun.
- noun A strong general trend or current of events, opinion, or feeling.
- verb To help someone get through a difficult period ("tide over").