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di⋅et
1
[dahy-it] 
noun, verb, -et⋅ed, -et⋅ing, adjective –noun
| 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. |
–verb (used with object)
| 7. | to regulate the food of, esp. in order to improve the physical condition. |
| 8. | to feed. |
–verb (used without object)
| 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. |
–adjective
| 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 aîsa share, lot); (v.) ME dieten (transit.) < AF, OF dieter, deriv. of the n.
1175–1225; (n.) ME diete < AF, OF < L diaeta < Gk díaita way of living, diet, equiv. to dia- dia- + -aita (akin to aîsa share, lot); (v.) ME dieten (transit.) < AF, OF dieter, deriv. of the n.
Related forms:
di⋅et⋅er, noun
di⋅et
2 [dahy-it] –noun
| 1. | the legislative body of certain countries, as Japan. |
| 2. | the general assembly of the estates of the former Holy Roman Empire. |
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < ML diēta public assembly, appar. the same word as L diaeta (see diet 1 ) with sense affected by L diēs day
1400–50; late ME < ML diēta public assembly, appar. the same word as L diaeta (see diet 1 ) with sense affected by L diēs day
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| di·et 1 (dī'ĭt) n.
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. |
| di·et 2 (dī'ĭt) n.
[Middle English diete, day's journey, day for meeting, assembly, from Medieval Latin diēta, alteration (influenced by Latin diēs, day) of Latin diaeta, daily routine; see diet1.] |
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Diet
Di"et\, n. [F. di[`e]te, L. diaeta, fr. Gr. ? manner of living.]1. Course of living or nourishment; what is eaten and drunk habitually; food; victuals; fare. "No inconvenient diet." --Milton. 2. A course of food selected with reference to a particular state of health; prescribed allowance of food; regimen prescribed. To fast like one that takes diet. --Shak. Diet kitchen, a kitchen in which diet is prepared for invalids; a charitable establishment that provides proper food for the sick poor.Diet
Di"et\, v. i. 1. To eat; to take one's meals. [Obs.] Let him . . . diet in such places, where there is good company of the nation, where he traveleth. --Bacon. 2. To eat according to prescribed rules; to ear sparingly; as, the doctor says he must diet.Diet
Di"et\, n. [F. di[`e]te, LL. dieta, diaeta, an assembly, a day's journey; the same word as diet course of living, but with the sense changed by L. dies day: cf. G. tag day? and Reichstag.] A legislative or administrative assembly in Germany, Poland, and some other countries of Europe; a deliberative convention; a council; as, the Diet of Worms, held in 1521.Diet
Di"et\, n. Specifically: Any of various national or local assemblies; as, (a) Occasionally, the Reichstag of the German Empire, Reichsrath of the Austrian Empire, the federal legislature of Switzerland, etc. (b) The legislature of Denmark, Sweden, Japan, or Hungary. (c) The state assembly or any of various local assemblies in the states of the German Empire, as the legislature (Landtag) of the kingdom of Prussia, and the Diet of the Circle (Kreistag) in its local government. (d) The local legislature (Landtag) of an Austrian province. (e) The federative assembly of the old Germanic Confederation (1815 -- 66). (f) In the old German or Holy Roman Empire, the great formal assembly of counselors (the Imperial Diet or Reichstag) or a small, local, or informal assembly of a similar kind (the Court Diet, or Hoftag). Note: The most celebrated Imperial Diets are the three following, all held under Charles V.: Diet of Worms, 1521, the object of which was to check the Reformation and which condemned Luther as a heretic; D. of Spires, or Speyer, 1529, which had the same object and issued an edict against the further dissemination of the new doctrines, against which edict Lutheran princes and deputies protested (hence Protestants): D. of Augsburg, 1530, the object of which was the settlement of religious disputes, and at which the Augsburg Confession was presented but was denounced by the emperor, who put its adherents under the imperial ban.
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Language Translation for : diet
Spanish:
dieta, régimen,
German:
die Diät,
Japanese:
ダイエット食
diet (1)
"regular food," c.1225, from O.Fr. diete, from M.L. dieta "parliamentary assembly," also "a day's work, diet, daily food allowance," from L. diaeta "prescribed way of life," from Gk. diaita, originally "way of life, regimen, dwelling," from diaitasthai "lead one's life," and from diaitan, originally "separate, select" (food and drink), freq. of *diainysthai "take apart," from dia- "apart" + ainysthai "take," from PIE base *ai- "to give, allot." Often with a sense of restriction since 14c.; hence put (someone) on a diet (c.1440). The verb meaning "to regulate oneself as to food" (especially against fatness) is from 1660. An obsolete word for this is banting (q.v.). The adj. in this sense (Diet Coke, etc.) is from 1963, originally Amer.Eng.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: 1di·et
Pronunciation: 'dI-&t
Function: noun
1 : food and drink regularly provided or consumed
2 : habitual nourishment
3 : the kind and amount of food prescribed for a person or animal for a special reason
Main Entry: 2diet
Function: transitive verb
1 : to cause to take food
2 : to cause to eat and drink sparingly or according toprescribed rules diet intransitive senses
: to eat sparingly or according to prescribed rules
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diet di·et (dī'ĭt)
n.
- Food and drink in general.
- A prescribed course of eating and drinking in which the amount and kind of food, as well as the times at which it is to be taken, are regulated for therapeutic purposes.
- Reduction of caloric intake so as to lose weight.
To eat and drink according to a regulated system, especially so as to lose weight or control a medical condition.
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