diet¹ /dīˈət/

1. Mode of living, usu now only with especial reference to food
2. A planned or prescribed selection of food, esp one designed for weight loss or the control of some disorder
3. The food habitually consumed by a person or animal
4. Allowance of provisions (obsolete)

(of food and, esp, soft drinks, often with brand name) having less sugar or fat than the standard version

1. To prescribe a diet for or put on a diet
2. To keep fasting
3. To supply with food (archaic)

1. To take food according to rule, esp in order to lose weight
2. To feed (archaic)

d īetāˈrian noun (rare)

A person who observes prescribed rules for diet

d īˈetary adjective

Relating to diet or the rules of diet

1. A course of diet
2. Allowance of food, esp in large institutions

d īˈeter noun

1. Someone who is on a diet
2. Someone who regulates diet (Shakespeare)

d īetetˈic or dietetˈical adjective

1. Relating to diet
2. For use in a medical diet

d īetetˈically adverb

d īetetˈics singular noun

The study of, or rules for regulating, diet

d īˈetist, d īetitian or d īetician /-ishˈən/ noun

An authority on diet

dietary fibre noun

Fibrous substances in fruits, vegetables and cereals which keep bowel movements regular and are thus thought to help prevent certain diseases (also called roughage)

diet drink noun

1. A drink containing few or no calories
2. A medically prescribed drink (obsolete)

diet sheet noun

A list of permitted foods (and the quantities recommended) for a person on a diet

diet² /dīˈət/

1. A national, federal, or provincial assembly, council, or parliament, esp (usu with cap) the national legislature of Japan
2. A conference
3. The proceedings under a criminal libel (Scots law)
4. A clerical or ecclesiastical function in Scotland, such as a diet of worship

d īˈetine noun

A minor or local diet

desert the diet (Scots law)

To abandon criminal proceedings under a particular libel

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