See Also: uninfluenced(dictionary)
Mono-diet (monophagic diet)(health)
Diet(medicine)
Diet(health)
HCF Diet(health)
diet(1)(dictionary)
diet(2)(dictionary)
diet(dictionary)
Diet(encyclopedia)
low-fat diet(medicine)

diet 1, noun (oh) and uninfluenced (iou)


diet 1, noun (oh)



[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: diete, from Greek diaita 'way of living, Food to be eaten']
[U and C] the kind of Food that a person or animal eats each day
balanced/healthy/poor etc diet
::It is important to have a balanced, healthy diet .
::the effects of poor diet and lack of Exercise
Vegetarian/high-fibre/Western etc diet
diet of
::They exist on a diet of fish.
::Bamboo is the panda's staple diet (=main Food) .
in sb's diet
::the importance of vitamins and minerals in your diet
[C] a limited range and amount of Food that you eat when you want to get thinner
go/be on a diet
::Lyn always seems to be on a diet.
[C] a limited type of Food and drink that someone is allowed because they have a Health problem
::a salt-free diet
a diet of sth
too much of an activity that you think is boring or has bad effects
::Kids today are raised on a constant diet of pop Music and Television.
[C] old-fashioned an official meeting to discuss political or church matters

uninfluenced (iou)



uninfluenced adjective. M18.
[from UN-1 + influenced pa. pple of INFLUENCE verb.]
Not influenced or affected (by).