Look up: diet

1. diet
   Type: Term Pronunciation: dī′et Definitions: 1. Food and drink in general. 2. A prescribed course of eating and drinking in which the amount and kind of food, as well as the times at which it is to be taken, are regulated for therapeutic purposes. 3. Reduction of caloric intake so as to l...
   Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio
   
   
2. diet
   [n] - a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Japan) 2. [n] - a prescribed selection of foods 3. [n] - the usual food and drink consumed by an organism (person or animal) 4. [n] - the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods) 5. [v] - ...
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
3. Diet
   The Iron Age diet was very healthy, and consisted mainly of boiled meat, fresh bread, and seasonal vegetables. The main drinks were water and beer.
   Found on http://www.gallica.co.uk/celts/glossary.
   
   
4. diet
   Meeting or convention of the princes and other dignitaries of the Holy Roman (German) Empire, for example, the Diet of Worms of 1521 which met to consider the question of Luther's doctrines and the...
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688
   
   
5. diet
   a prescription of food required or permitted to be eaten by a patient; called also therapeutic diet. Category: Medicine • a prescribed course or allowance of food esp. when restricted in kind or quantity as a health or punitive measure. Category: Medicine • special limited fo...
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
6. Diet
   Di'et noun [ French diète , Latin diaeta , from Greek ... manner of living.] 1. Course of living or nourishment; what is eaten and drunk habitually; food; victuals; fare. 'No inconvenient diet .' Milton. 2. ...
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/62
   
   
7. Diet
   Di'et transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Dieted ; present participle & verbal noun Dieting .] 1. To cause to take food; to feed. [ R.] Shak. 2. To cause...
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/62
   
   
8. Diet
   Di'et intransitive verb 1. To eat; to take one's meals. [ Obsolete] « Let him . . . diet in such places, where there is good company of the nation, where he traveleth.» Bacon. 2. To eat according to prescribe...
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/62
   
   
9. Diet
   Di'et noun [ French diète , Late Latin dieta , diaeta , an assembly, a day's journey; the same word as diet course of living, but with the sense changed by Latin dies day: confer German tag day... and Reic...
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/63
   
   
10. Diet
    Di'et noun Specifically: Any of various national or local assemblies; as, (a) Occasionally, the Reichstag of the German Empire, Reichsrath of the Austrian Empire, the federal legislature of Switzerland, etc. (b) The legislature of Denmark, ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/63
    
    
11. diet
    <nutrition> Regular course of eating and drinking adopted by a person or animal. This does not include diet therapy, a specific diet prescribed in the treatment of a disease. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona
    
    
12. diet
    dieting noun the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web
    
    
13. diet
    noun a prescribed selection of foods
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web
    
    
14. diet
    noun a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Japan)
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web
    
    
15. diet
    verb eat sparingly, for health reasons or to lose weight
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web
    
    
16. diet
    (di´әt) the customary amount and kind of food and drink taken by a person from day to day. more narrowly, a regimen of food intake planned to meet specific requirements of the individual, including or excluding certain foods. See also nutrition. adj., di´etary, dietet´ic., adj.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
    
    
17. Diet
    • (v. i.) To eat; to take one`s meals. • (n.) A legislative or administrative assembly in Germany, Poland, and some other countries of Europe; a deliberative convention; a council; as, the Diet of Worms, held in 1521. • (n.) A course of food selected with reference to a particular sta...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
    
    
18. diet
    (from the article `Health and Disease`) In 2005 the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a redesigned food-guide pyramid, which presented the government`s newly revised dietary ... Despite lingering concerns about the effectiveness and possible health risks of low-carbohydrate diets, almost 12% of Americans—some 34 million ... ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/47
    
    
19. Diet
    legislature of the German empire, or Holy Roman Empire, from the 12th century to 1806.[13 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/47
    
    
20. Diet
    the national legislature of Japan.[7 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/47
    
    
21. diet
    diet A form of wishful shrinking.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf
    
    
22. diet
    
    • a prescribed selection of foods
    • a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Japan)
    • the usual food and drink consumed by an organism (person or animal)
    • the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)
    
    Found on
    
    
23. diet
    diet, food and drink regularly consumed for nourishment. Nutritionists generally recommend eating a wide variety of foods; however, some groups of people survive on a very limited diet. The traditional Eskimo diet, for example, depended heavily on meat, but Eskimos ate nearly all of the animal; orga...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0
    
    
24. diet
    diet, parliamentary bodies in Japan, Poland, Hungary, Bohemia, the Scandinavian nations, and Germany have been called diets. In German history, the diet originated as a meeting of landholders and burghers, convoked by the ruler to discuss financial problems. The imperial diet or Reichstag of the Hol...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0
    
    
25. Diet
    The food and drink a person or animal consumes in their normal life, and a regulated eating plan for medical reasons or as a measure to promote weight loss.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21204