Diet

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: di=et

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Diet, n. & v.
--n.
1 the kinds of food that a person or animal habitually eats.
2 a special course of food to which a person is restricted, esp. for medical reasons or to control weight.
3 a regular occupation or series of activities to which one is restricted or which form one's main concern, usu. for a purpose (a diet of light reading and fresh air).
--v. (dieted, dieting)
1 intr. restrict oneself to small amounts or special kinds of food, esp. to control one's weight.
2 tr. restrict (a person or animal) to a special diet.

Derivative

dieter n.

Diet, n.
1 a legislative assembly in certain countries.
2 hist. a national or international conference, esp. of a federal State or confederation.
3 Sc. Law a meeting or session of a court.

Etymology

ME f. med.L dieta day's work, wages, etc.

THESAURUS

Diet

British Cabinet, Sanhedrin, US Cabinet, abstain, acid-ash diet, advisory body, aliment, allergy diet, assemblee, assembly, assignation, association, at home, ball, bench, bicameral legislature, bland diet, board, board of aldermen, body of advisers, borough council, brain trust, brawl, break bread, cabinet, calorie chart, calorie counter, camarilla, caucus, chamber, chamber of deputies, city board, city council, colloquium, commission, committee, common council, conclave, concourse, conference, congregation, congress, consultative assembly, conventicle, convention, convocation, council, council fire, council of ministers, council of state, council of war, count calories, county council, court, dance, date, deliberative assembly, diabetic diet, diet book, dietary, dietetics, dieting, directory, divan, eat, eisteddfod, fall to, fare, fast, federal assembly, feed, festivity, fete, food, forgathering, forum, gathering, general assembly, get-together, high-protein diet, high-vitamin diet, house, house of assembly, housewarming, hunger, intake, junta, kitchen cabinet, legislative assembly, legislative body, legislative chamber, legislature, levee, lose flesh, lose weight, low-carbohydrate diet, low-salt diet, lower chamber, lower house, macrobiotic diet, meet, meeting, national assembly, nourishment, nutriment, panel, pap, parish council, parliament, partake, partake of, party, pitch in, plenum, privy council, prom, provincial legislature, provincial parliament, quorum, rally, reception, reduce, reduce weight, regime, regimen, relish, rendezvous, representative town meeting, salt-free diet, savor, seance, session, shindig, sit-in, sitting, slenderize, slim, slim down, soft diet, soiree, soviet, spoon victuals, staff, state assembly, state legislature, subsistence, sustenance, symposium, syndicate, synod, take, take off weight, taste, thin down, town meeting, tribunal, turnout, ulcer diet, unicameral legislature, upper chamber, upper house, vegetarianism, victuals, vitamin-deficiency diet, weight-watch

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Diet

Council

N council, committee, subcommittee, comitia, court, chamber, cabinet, board, bench, staff, senate, senatus, parliament, chamber of deputies, directory, reichsrath, rigsdag, cortes, storthing, witenagemote, junta, divan, musnud, sanhedrim, classis, Amphictyonic council, duma, house of representatives, legislative assembly, legislative council, riksdag, volksraad, witan, caput, consistory, chapter, syndicate, court of appeal, board of control, board of works, vestry, county council, local board, audience chamber, council chamber, state chamber, cabinet council, privy council, cockpit, convocation, synod, congress, convention, diet, states-general, assembly, caucus, conclave, clique, conventicle, meeting, sitting, seance, conference, convention, exhibition, session, palaver, pourparler, durbar, house, quorum, council fire, powwow, primary, meeting, assemblage, member, senator, member of parliament, M, P, councilor, representative of the people, assemblyman, congressman, councilman, councilwoman, alderman, freeholder, senatorial, curule, congressional, parliamentary, legislative, law-making, regulatory, deliberative.

Food

N food, eating, deglutition, gulp, epulation, mastication, manducation, rumination, gluttony, hippophagy, ichthyophagy, (appetite), mouth, jaws, mandible, mazard, gob, chops, drinking, potation, draught, libation, carousal, drunkenness, food, pabulum, aliment, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, sustentation, sustention, nurture, subsistence, provender, corn, feed, fodder, provision, ration, keep, commons, board, commissariat, prey, forage, pasture, pasturage, fare, cheer, diet, dietary, regimen, belly timber, staff of life, bread, bread and cheese, comestibles, eatables, victuals, edibles, ingesta, grub, grubstake, prog, meat, bread, bread stuffs, cerealia, cereals, viands, cates, delicacy, dainty, creature comforts, contents of the larder, fleshpots, festal board, ambrosia, good cheer, good living, beef, bisquit, bun, cornstarch, cookie, cooky, cracker, doughnut, fatling, hardtack, hoecake, hominy, mutton, pilot bread, pork, roti, rusk, ship biscuit, veal, joint, piece de resistance, roast and boiled, remove, entremet, releve, hash, rechauffe, stew, ragout, fricassee, mince, pottage, potage, broth, soup, consomme, puree, spoonmeat, pie, pasty, volauvent, pudding, omelet, pastry, sweets, kickshaws, condiment, appetizer, hors d'oeuvre, main course, entree, alligator pear, apple, apple slump, artichoke, ashcake, griddlecake, pancake, flapjack, atole, avocado, banana, beche de mer, barbecue, beefsteak, beet root, blackberry, blancmange, bloater, bouilli, bouillon, breadfruit, chop suey, chowder, chupatty, clam, compote, damper, fish, frumenty, grapes, hasty pudding, ice cream, lettuce, mango, mangosteen, mince pie, oatmeal, oyster, pineapple, porridge, porterhouse steak, salmis, sauerkraut, sea slug, sturgeon ("Albany beef"), succotash, supawn, trepang, vanilla, waffle, walnut, table, cuisine, bill of fare, menu, table d'hote, ordinary, entree, meal, repast, feed, spread, mess, dish, plate, course, regale, regalement, refreshment, entertainment, refection, collation, picnic, feast, banquet, junket, breakfast, lunch, luncheon, dejeuner, bever, tiffin, dinner, supper, snack, junk food, fast food, whet, bait, dessert, potluck, table d'hote, dejeuner a la fourchette, hearty meal, square meal, substantial meal, full meal, blowout, light refreshment, bara, chotahazri, bara khana, mouthful, bolus, gobbet, morsel, sop, sippet, drink, beverage, liquor, broth, soup, potion, dram, draught, drench, swill, nip, sip, sup, gulp, wine, spirits, liqueur, beer, ale, malt liquor, Sir John Barleycorn, stingo, heavy wet, grog, toddy, flip, purl, punch, negus, cup, bishop, wassail, gin, coffee, chocolate, cocoa, tea, the cup that cheers but not inebriates, bock beer, lager beer, Pilsener beer, schenck beer, Brazil tea, cider, claret, ice water, mate, mint julep, near beer, 2 beer, non- alcoholic beverage, eating house, diner, hippophage, glutton, eatable, edible, esculent, comestible, alimentary, cereal, cibarious, dietetic, culinary, nutritive, nutritious, gastric, succulent, potable, potulent, bibulous, omnivorous, carnivorous, herbivorous, granivorous, graminivorous, phytivorous, ichthyivorous, omophagic, omophagous, pantophagous, phytophagous, xylophagous, across the walnuts and the wine, blessed hour of our dinners!, now good digestion wait on appetite, and health on both!, who can cloy the hungry edge of appetite?.