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1. (n.) diet
food and drink considered in terms of qualities, composition, and effects on health.
2. diet
a particular selection of food, esp. for improving a person's physical condition or to prevent or treat disease:
a low-fat diet.
3. diet
such a selection or a limitation on the amount a person eats for reducing weight:
to go on a diet.
4. diet
the foods habitually eaten by a particular person, animal, or group.
5. diet
any–thing habitually provided or partaken of:
a steady diet of game shows and soap operas.
6. (v.i.) diet
to select or limit the food one eats, esp. to lose weight.
7. diet
to eat according to the requirements of a diet.
8. (v.t.) diet
to regulate or limit the food of.
9. diet
to feed.
10. (adj.) diet
suitable for consumption with a weight-reduction diet:
diet soda.
11. (n.) diet
the legislative body of certain countries, as Japan.
12. diet
the general assembly of the estates of the former Holy Roman Empire.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < ML diēta public assembly, appar. the same word as L diaeta (see diet1) with sense affected by L diēs day)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) diet
a prescribed selection of foods
2. (noun) diet
a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Japan)
3. (noun) diet
the usual food and drink consumed by an organism (person or animal)
4. (verb) diet, dieting
the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)
5. (verb) diet
follow a regimen or a diet, as for health reasons
"He has high blood pressure and must stick to a low-salt diet"
6. (verb) diet
eat sparingly, for health reasons or to lose weight
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1. (noun) diet
the type of food sb eats
a healthy/unhealthy diet; diet and exercise; a diet of fruit and vegetables
2. diet
the process of eating less in order to lose weight
I'm going on a diet.
3. (verb) diet
to eat less in order to lose weight
people who diet without exercising
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| Definition of 'diet' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) diet
course of living or nourishment; what is eaten and drunk habitually; food; victuals; fare
2. (noun) diet
a course of food selected with reference to a particular state of health; prescribed allowance of food; regimen prescribed
3. (noun) diet
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
4. (verb) diet
to cause to take food; to feed
5. (verb) diet
to cause to eat and drink sparingly, or by prescribed rules; to regulate medicinally the food of
6. (verb) diet
to eat; to take one's meals
7. (verb) diet
to eat according to prescribed rules; to ear sparingly; as, the doctor says he must diet
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. diet
a convention of the princes, dignitaries, and delegates of the German empire, for legislative or administrative purposes, of which the most important in a historical point of view are diets held at Augsburg in 1518, at Worms in 1521, at Nüremberg in 1523, 1524, at Spires in 1526, 1529, at Augsburg in 1530, at Cologne in 1530, at Worms in 1536, at Frankfort in 1539, at Ratisbon in 1541, at Spires in 1544, at Augsburg in 1547, 1548, 1550, and at Ratisbon in 1622.
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. diet
Regular course of eating and drinking adopted by a person or animal. This does not include DIET THERAPY, a specific diet prescribed in the treatment of a disease.
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Sense: food, especially a course of recommended foods, for losing weight or as treatment for an illness etc
a diet of fish and vegetables; a salt-free diet; She went on a diet to lose weight.
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 Afrikaans: dieet, leefreël |
 Arabic: حِمْيَه، نِظام خاص للتَّغ |
 Bulgarian: диета |
 Brazilian: dieta |
 Czech: dieta |
 German: die Diät |
 Danish: diæt; kur; slankekur |
 Greek: δίαιτα |
 Spanish: dieta, régimen |
 Estonian: dieet |
 Farsi: غذای روزمره؛ رژیم غذایی |
 Finnish: ruokavalio |
 French: régime |
 Hebrew: דִיאֶטָה |
 Hindi: खूराक |
 Croatian: dijeta, način prehrane |
 Hungarian: diéta, kímélő étrend |
 Indonesian: susunan makanan |
 Icelandic: mataræði; megrunarkúr |
 Italian: dieta |
 Japanese: ダイエット食 |
 Korean: 식이요법 |
 Lithuanian: dieta |
 Latvian: diēta |
 Malay: makanan lazim |
 Dutch: dieet |
 Norwegian: diett, kost(plan) |
 Polish: dieta |
 Persian: غذای روزمره؛ رژیم غذایی |
 Pashto: خواړه، غذا، پر هېز، غذايې |
 Portuguese: dieta |
 Romanian: regim |
 Russian: диета |
 Slovak: diéta |
 Slovenian: dieta |
 Serbian: dijeta |
 Swedish: diet |
 Thai: อาหารเพื่อลดน้ำหนัก |
 Turkish: rejim |
 Taiwanese: 食物(尤指醫生推薦的減肥食物) |
 Ukrainian: дієта |
 Urdu: خاص یا محدود غذا |
 Vietnamese: chế độ ăn kiêng |
 Chinese: 规定饮食（尤指医生推荐的减肥食物） |
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