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diet¹ Definition

diet (dī′ət)

noun

    1. what a person or animal usually eats and drinks; daily fare
    2. figuratively, what a person regularly reads, listens to, does, etc.
  2. a special or limited selection of food and drink, chosen or prescribed to promote health or a gain or loss of weight

Etymology: ME diete < OFr < ML dieta, diet, daily food allowance (meaning infl. by diet) < L diaeta < Gr diaita, way of life, regimen < dia-, through + root of aisa, fate < IE *aito-, share < base *ai-, to give, allot

intransitive verb, transitive verb

to eat or cause to eat special or limited food, esp. for losing weight

Etymology: ME dieten < ML dietare

diet¹ Related Forms

di′et·er noun

diet² Definition

diet (dī′ət)

noun

  1. Scot. a day's session of an assembly
  2. a formal assembly, as formerly of princes, electors, etc. of the Holy Roman Empire
  3. in some countries, a national or local legislative assembly

Etymology: ME diete < OFr < ML dieta < L dies, day: see deity

diet Synonyms

diet

n.

  1. What one eats

    fare, intake, daily bread*, nutrition; see food, menu.

  2. Restricted intake of food

    weight-reduction plan, nutritional therapy, dietary regimen, regime, fast, abstinence from food, starvation diet, bread and water*.

diet Synonyms

diet

v.

go on a diet, watch one's weight, count calories, go without, starve oneself, lose weight, slim down, reduce, abstain, tighten one's belt*.

diet Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • eat: People who are able to eat a good diet can cope with the treatment better.
  • feed: Workhouse Diet The diet fed to workhouse inmates was often laid down in meticulous detail.
  • resit: The group should consider the issue of whether a separate resit diet would be necessary in a new structure of the academic year.
  • constitute: With this, she includes a discussion of what constitutes a good basic diet.

Adjective modifier

  • balanced: A balanced diet is probably the best way to go.
  • healthy: Can my child get all the vitamins they need from a healthy diet?
  • vegetarian: Dogs can survive happily on an almost vegetarian diet which would make your cat very ill.
  • low-fat: And eat a sensible low-fat diet so the liver doesn't have to try to process lots of fat.
  • staple: Hedge laying This traditional form of boundary management would have once been the staple diet of any farm worker during the winter months.
  • gluten-free: Evidence of poor vitamin status in coeliac patients on a gluten-free diet for 10 years.

Modifies a noun

  • pill: Alphabetical Diet Helper - They offer a range of diet pills to help you with your diet.
  • coke: Mandy came in to give me a diet coke that I asked for.
  • cola: But just one thing before we start: donât even consider using diet cola; itâs full-fat or nothing.
  • soda: I have been a diet soda drinker for about 5 years now and I have not noticed any side effects.

Noun used with modifier

  • vegan: Human health All the necessary nutrients for humans can be obtained on a vegan diet.
  • fad: Fad diets are not good for anyone, let alone for the person with diabetes, who is a very special person indeed!
  • carbohydrate: In the short term, most people who go on low carbohydrate diets lose weight very quickly.
  • carb: Zombie Planet is an independent action / drama... carb diet danger in the Zombie Planet movie synopsis... " carb crave killer.. .
  • low-carb: Although a low-carb diet can cause weight loss, the goal of any program should be life long radiant health.
  • high-protein: High-protein diets restrict carbohydrate intake, and, by default, that means some fruit and vegetables.