Diet
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)
(2) The usual food and drink consumed by an organism (person or animal)
(3) A prescribed selection of foods
(4) A legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Japan)
verb
(5) Eat sparingly, for health reasons or to lose weight
(6) Follow a regimen or a diet, as for health reasons
"He has high blood pressure and must stick to a low-salt diet"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
- From diete, from dieta from δίαιτα.
Noun
- The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.
- The diet of the Giant Panda consists mainly of bamboo.
- A controlled regimen of food and drink, as to gain or lose weight or otherwise influence health.
- By extension, any habitual intake or consumption.
- He's been reading a steady diet of nonfiction for the last several years.
- A council or assembly of leaders; a formal deliberative assembly.
Verb
- To modify one's food and beverage intake so as to decrease or increase body weight or influence health.