# dieted

Pronunciation: say "DY-uht-id" /ˈdaɪətɪd/

## Verb

1. Past tense and past participle of diet. — simple past and past participle of diet
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of diet. Use this form for eating changes that already happened.
   - _He dieted strictly for three months last year._
   - _She had dieted for weeks before the doctor's visit._

## Adjective

2. Describing a person or animal that has been kept on a specialized eating plan limiting calorie intake.
   - Simple: Describing a person or animal that has been kept on a low-calorie eating plan.
   - _The dieted contestants weighed in noticeably lighter at the finale._
   - _Researchers compared dieted mice with those fed freely._
3. Showing the visible effects of reduced calorie intake, such as a leaner appearance.
   - Simple: Looking thinner or changed because of eating less food.
   - _His dieted physique drew comments at the reunion._
   - _She had a noticeably dieted figure by spring._
4. Providing specialized dietary services, especially where attention to a patient's nutrition forms part of treatment.
   - Simple: Giving special food and nutrition care, often as part of medical treatment.
   - _As a dieted institution, the sanatorium prepared every patient's meals according to the physicians' orders._
   - _The army turned the field station into a dieted hospital, with its own kitchen serving meals the medical officers prescribed._
5. Cut down or reduced from a fuller form; abbreviated.
   - Simple: Made shorter or smaller than the full version.
   - _The committee approved a dieted budget for the coming year._
   - _He published a dieted edition of the lengthy novel._
6. Brought about by scarcity or shortage; left lean as a result of having too little.
   - Simple: Caused by not having enough of something.
   - _The dieted harvest left the village with meager stores._
   - _Decades of conflict produced a dieted, struggling region._
7. Well fed, or having or needing more nutrition than usual.
   - Simple: Well fed, or getting or needing extra food.
   - _The dieted horses, given oats twice a day, were sleek and full of energy._
   - _Bentgrass is a dieted turf, and greenskeepers must fertilize it regularly to keep it thick._

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