diet

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   follow a regimen or a diet, as for health reasons

   I have high blood pressure and must stick to a low-salt diet for my health.

2. 2
   noun

   The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.

   The diet of the giant panda consists mainly of bamboo.

3. 3
   noun

   A controlled regimen of food and drink choices, as to gain or lose weight or otherwise influence health.

   He's been on a diet since he found out that he has coronary atherosclerosis.

4. 4
   noun

   Any habitual intake or consumption.

   He's been reading a steady diet of nonfiction for the last several years.

5. 5
   adj

   Containing less fat, salt, sugar, or calories than normal, or claimed to have such.

   diet soda

6. 6
   adj

   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.

7. 7
   verb

   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.

8. 8
   verb

   To regulate the food of (someone); to put on a diet.

   they will diet themselves, feed and live alone.

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”).