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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

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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

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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

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*.


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diet Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • eat: People who are able to eat a good diet can cope with the treatment better.

Adjective modifier

  • balanced: A balanced diet is probably the best way to go.

Modifies a noun

  • pill: Alphabetical Diet Helper - They offer a range of diet pills to help you with your diet.

Noun used with modifier

  • vegan: Human health All the necessary nutrients for humans can be obtained on a vegan diet.
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EDUCATION.öAt Mr Wackford Squeers's Academy, Dotheboys Hall, at the delightful village of Dotheboys, near Greta Bridge inYorkshire.Youth are boarded, clothed, booked, furnished with pocket-money, providedwith all necessaries, instructed inall languages, living and dead, mathematics, orthography, geometry, astronomy, trigonometry, the use of the globes, algebra, single stick (if required), writing, arithmetic, fortification, and every other branch of classical literature. Terms, twenty guineas per annum. No extras, no vacations, and diet unparalleled.

-Dickens, CharlesJohn Huffam

To what a cumbersome unwieldiness And burdenous corpulence my love had grown, But that I did, to make it less, And keep it in proportion, Give it a diet, made it feed upon That which love worst endures, discretion.

-Donne,John

The root of Evil, Avarice That damn'd ill-natur'd, baneful Vice, Was Slave to Prodigality, That noble Sin; whilst Luxury Employed a Million of the Poor, And odious Pride a Million more; Envy itself, and Vanity, Were Ministers of Industry; Their darling Folly, Fickleness, In Diet, Furniture and Dress That strange ridic'lous Vice, was made That very Wheel that turned theTrade.

-Mandeville, Bernard

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