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Definitions for Diet

[1] food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health: Milk is a wholesome article of diet.
[2] a particular selection of food, especially as designed or prescribed to improve a person's physical condition or to prevent or treat a disease: a diet low in sugar.
[3] such a selection or a limitation on the amount a person eats for reducing weight: No pie for me, I'm on a diet.
[4] the foods eaten, as by a particular person or group: The native diet consists of fish and fruit.
[5] food or feed habitually eaten or provided: The rabbits were fed a diet of carrots and lettuce.
[6] anything that is habitually provided or partaken of: Television has given us a steady diet of game shows and soap operas.
[7] to regulate the food of, especially in order to improve the physical condition.
[8] to feed.
[9] to select or limit the food one eats to improve one's physical condition or to lose weight: I've dieted all month and lost only one pound.
[10] to eat or feed according to the requirements of a diet.
[11] suitable for consumption with a weight-reduction diet; dietetic: diet soft drinks.
[12] the legislative body of certain countries, as Japan.
[13] the general assembly of the estates of the former Holy Roman Empire.
[14] a specific allowance or selection of food, esp prescribed to control weight or in disorders in which certain foods are contraindicated a salt-free diet ; a 900-calorie diet (as modifier ) a diet bread
[15] the food and drink that a person or animal regularly consumes a diet of nuts and water
[16] regular activities or occupations
[17] (usually intr) to follow or cause to follow a dietary regimen
[18] (sometimes capital) a legislative assembly in various countries, such as Japan
[19] Also called: Reichstag (sometimes capital) the assembly of the estates of the Holy Roman Empire
[20] Scots law the date fixed by a court for hearing a case a single session of a court

Words related to Diet

restriction, regimen, fast, starvation, regime, dietary, fare, nutrition, nutriment, provisions, victuals, menu, bite, nourishment, aliment, commons, sustenance, snack, subsistence, viands

Words nearby Diet

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Origin of Diet

21400–50; late Middle English < Medieval Latin diēta public assembly, apparently the same word as Latin diaeta (see diet1) with sense affected by Latin diēs day

Other words from Diet

di·et·er , noun
non·di·et·er , noun
non·di·et·ing , adjective, noun

Word origin for Diet

C15: from Medieval Latin diēta public meeting, probably from Latin diaeta diet 1 but associated with Latin diēs day

Synonyms for Diet

dietary, fast, regime, regimen, restriction, starvation, nutritional therapy, weight-reduction plan