Dieted
adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 simple past and past participle of diet form-of, participle, past
- 1 Having been on a specialized diet that limits caloric intake.
"he's a fat, corpulent, Vnwieldy fellow; you, a dieted Sparke, Fit for the Combat."
- 2 well-fed; having or requiring extra nutrition.
"The wenches swear, he kisses like a giant still; And will ride his heats as cleanly as a dieted Gelding."
- 3 Showing the effects of dieting; resulting from limited caloric intake.
"Her long slim back was straight and paltry in the modern fashion, a dieted back ."
- 4 Resulting from scarcity. figuratively
"Obviously this sorded power of dull, "lust-dieted" appetite has not very much in common with Milton's blithe , caressing personification of pleasure, so fatal because outwardly so beautiful; though I do not doubt that Milton knew Ben Johson's Masque."
- 5 Abbreviated; reduced. figuratively
"why not diet our furniture to fit the dieted homes we were living in?"
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- 6 Providing specialized dietary services, especially when addressing nutrition as an aspect of treatment.
"The hospital at Korti (No. 1 field-hospital) was made a dieted one on February 1st, the diets sanctioned being low, milk, chicken, roast, and entire."
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More examples"Though he dieted, he still could not lose weight."
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