diet
noun
- A specific kind of diet, i.e. a strategy of regulating the intake of food to achieve or maintain a specific health-related goal.
- type of deliberative assembly
- the sum of food consumed by an organism
verb
- restrict intake of food
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪət/ / /ˈdiːət/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English diet, dyet, diete, from Old French diete, from Medieval Latin dieta (“regimen, regulation; assembly”), from Latin diaeta, from Ancient Greek δίαιτα (díaita).
- Containing less fat, salt, sugar, or calories than normal, or claimed to have such.
“diet soda”
“Many grocery chains offer premium-priced lean or diet hamburger; but the fat content is usually at least 10 percent, sometimes 15 percent or more.”
- Having certain traits subtracted.
“You folks reduce it to the bible only as being authoritative, impoverishing the faith. "Christianity Lite", diet Christianity for those who can't handle the Whole Meal.”
name
- Alternative letter-case form of diet (“formal deliberative assembly”).
noun
Etymology: From Middle English diet, dyet, from Old French diete, from Medieval Latin diēta, diaeta (“a public assembly; set day of trial; a day's journey”), from Ancient Greek δῐ́αιτα (dĭ́aita, “way of living, living space; decision, judgement”), influenced by Latin diēs (“day”).
- A council or assembly of leaders; a formal deliberative assembly.
“the National Diet of Japan”
“They were given representation in some important diet committees.”
- A session of exams.
“Normally the diet begins towards the end of April.”
- A criminal proceeding in court.
- A clerical or ecclesiastical function in Scotland.
“a diet of worship”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English dieten, dyeten, diȝeten, from Old French dïeter and Medieval Latin diētāre.
- To modify one's food and beverage intake so as to decrease or increase body weight or influence health.
“I've been dieting for six months, and I've lost some weight.”
- To regulate the food of (someone); to put on a diet.
“they will diet themselves, feed and live alone.”
“When all signs of effusion, dulness, pain, œgophony, and cough had disappeared he was dieted, stimulated, and tonicked.”
- To eat; to take one's meals.
“Let him[…]diet in such places, where there is good company of the nation, where he travelleth.”
- To cause to take food; to feed.
“But partly led to diet my revenge […].”