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diet
1[ dahy-it ]
noun
- food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
The ad shows milk and dairy as a wholesome part of our daily diet.
- 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 is often recommended for diabetes prevention.
- a selection of food that emphasizes caloric restriction or otherwise limits the amount a person eats, usually intended to induce weight loss:
No pie for me, I'm on a diet.
- the foods eaten, as by a particular person or group:
The Mediterranean diet consists historically of fish, fruit, vegetables, whole grains, and nuts.
- food or feed habitually eaten or provided:
The rabbits were fed a diet of carrots and lettuce.
- anything that is habitually provided or partaken of:
Television has given us a steady diet of reality shows and police procedurals.
adjective
- suitable for consumption as part of a selection of food intended to induce weight loss:
I usually drink diet soft drinks.
- formulated to be lower in calories, fat, sugar, etc. than a similar food:
The diet version of the cookie does taste different.
verb (used without object)
- 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.
- to eat or feed according to the requirements of a particular or prescribed selection of food.
verb (used with object)
- to regulate the food of, especially in order to improve the physical condition:
They dieted the dog to a healthy weight of 20 pounds.
- to feed.
diet
2[ dahy-it ]
noun
- the legislative body of certain countries, as Japan.
- the general assembly of the estates of the former Holy Roman Empire.
diet
1/ ˈdaɪət /
noun
- sometimes capital a legislative assembly in various countries, such as Japan
- Also calledReichstag sometimes capital the assembly of the estates of the Holy Roman Empire
- Scots law
- the date fixed by a court for hearing a case
- a single session of a court
diet
2/ ˈdaɪət /
noun
- 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
- the food and drink that a person or animal regularly consumes
a diet of nuts and water
- regular activities or occupations
verb
- usually intr to follow or cause to follow a dietary regimen
Derived Forms
- ˈdieter, noun
Other Words From
- di·et·er noun
- non·di·et·er noun
- non·di·et·ing adjective noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of diet1
Word History and Origins
Origin of diet1
Origin of diet2
Example Sentences
He trains like a professional athlete in any other sport, with early-morning gym sessions, a diet of healthful foods and all-day practice.
Rather than revamp the industry, these critics suggest alternatives such as meat-free diets to fulfill our need for protein.
In some cases, bacteria could even use these electrons to fuel growth in much the same way that humans use electrons from carbohydrates in the diet for energy.
As a snapshot of the dino’s diet, the gut contents “can tell us more about dinosaur behavior,” Chin says.
Some of the data that scientists have about dinosaur diets comes from coprolites.
Park employees helped John quit tobacco by way of a butts-proof glass enclosure, a drastic change in diet, and regular exercise.
There was also the grapefruit diet, the cabbage soup diet, and the cookie diet.
Still other people have moved away from the word “diet” altogether.
Limbaugh makes comments like this because his right-wing fans require a non–stop diet of race-baiting red meat.
“Butter has always been a healthy part of the diet in almost every culture; butter is a traditional food,” Asprey says.
Excretion of these substances is greatly increased by a diet rich in nuclei, as sweetbreads and liver.
I'm not enamored of a straight meat diet as a rule, but that evening I was in no mood to carp at anything half-way eatable.
The stools of infants are yellow, owing partly to their milk diet and partly to the presence of unchanged bilirubin.
The poor fellow's health so gave way under this meagre diet, that he died before his course of study was finished.
"I don't suppose any Frenchman is given to cannibalistic diet," he answered, smiling.
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