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di⋅et

1  [dahy-it] noun, verb, -et⋅ed, -et⋅ing, adjective
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–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.

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di⋅et⋅er, noun
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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
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di·et 1   (dī'ĭt)   
n.  

  1. The usual food and drink of a person or animal.

  2. A regulated selection of foods, as for medical reasons or cosmetic weight loss.

  3. Something used, enjoyed, or provided regularly: subsisted on a diet of detective novels during his vacation.

adj.  

  1. Of or relating to a food regimen designed to promote weight loss in a person or an animal: the diet industry.

    1. Having fewer calories.

    2. Sweetened with a noncaloric sugar substitute.

  3. Designed to reduce or suppress the appetite: diet pills; diet drugs.

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.
di·et 2   (dī'ĭt)   
n.  

  1. A national or local legislative assembly in certain countries, such as Japan.

  2. A formal general assembly of the princes or estates of the Holy Roman Empire.


[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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Medical Dictionary

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

Main Entry: 3diet
Function: adjective
: reduced in calories diet soft drink>
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Medical Dictionary

diet di·et (dī'ĭt)
n.

  1. Food and drink in general.

  2. 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.

  3. Reduction of caloric intake so as to lose weight.

v. di·et·ed, di·et·ing, di·ets
To eat and drink according to a regulated system, especially so as to lose weight or control a medical condition.

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