Diet — Defs

01 n. Course of living or nourishment; what is eaten and drunk habitually; food; victuals; fare.

1.
Course of living or nourishment; what is eaten and drunk habitually; food; victuals; fare.
2.
A course of food selected with reference to a particular state of health; prescribed allowance of food; regimen prescribed.
“To fast like one that takes diet.” — Shak.

Phrases & compounds

Diet kitchen — a kitchen in which diet is prepared for invalids; a charitable establishment that provides proper food for the sick poor.

02 v. t. To cause to take food; to feed.

imp. & p. p. Dieted; p. pr. & vb. n. Dieting

1.
To cause to take food; to feed.[R.]
2.
To cause to eat and drink sparingly, or by prescribed rules; to regulate medicinally the food of.
“She diets him with fasting every day.” — Spenser.

03 v. i. To eat; to take one's meals.

1.
To eat; to take one's meals.[Obs.]
“Let him . . . diet in such places, where there is good company of the nation, where he traveleth.” — Bacon.
2.
To eat according to prescribed rules; to ear sparingly; as, the doctor says he must diet.

04 n. A legislative or administrative assembly in Germany, Poland, and some other countries of Europe; a deliberative convention; a council; as, …

1.
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.