diet
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di·et1 
[dahy-it] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -et·ed, -et·ing, adjective
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[dahy-it] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -et·ed, -et·ing, adjective –noun
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| 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, esp. 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, esp. 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. |
[Origin: 1175–1225; (n.) ME diete < AF, OF < L diaeta < Gk díaita way of living, diet, equiv. to dia- dia- + -aita (akin to aǐsa share, lot); (v.) ME dieten (transit.) < AF, OF dieter, deriv. of the n.]
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di·et·er, noun
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| di·et 1
(dī'ĭt) Pronunciation Key
n.
adj.
v. di·et·ed, di·et·ing, di·ets v. intr. To eat and drink according to a regulated system, especially so as to lose weight or control a medical condition. v. tr. To regulate or prescribe food and drink for. [Middle English diete, from Old French, from Latin diaeta, way of living, diet, from Greek diaita, back-formation from diaitāsthai, to live one's life, middle voice of diaitān, to treat.] di'et·er n. |
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| dieting | |
noun | |
| the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods) [syn: diet] |
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