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Meaning of 'diet' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Diet [ n.]
- Course of living or nourishment; what is eaten and drunk habitually; food; victuals; fare.
- A course of food selected with reference to a particular state of health; prescribed allowance of food; regimen prescribed.
- 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.
2 . Diet [ v. i.]
- To eat; to take one's meals.
- To eat according to prescribed rules; to ear sparingly; as, the doctor says he must diet.
3 . Diet [ v. t.]
- To cause to take food; to feed.
- To cause to eat and drink sparingly, or by prescribed rules; to regulate medicinally the food of.

Meaning of 'diet' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . diet [ v]
Meaning (1):
- follow a regimen or a diet, as for health reasons
Example in sentence:
  • He has high blood pressure and must stick to a low-salt diet

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