diets
noun
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The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.
Example: The diet of the Giant Panda consists mainly of bamboo.
A controlled regimen of food and drink, as to gain or lose weight or otherwise influence health.
(by extension) Any habitual intake or consumption.
Example: He's been reading a steady diet of nonfiction for the last several years.
verb
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To regulate the food of (someone); to put on a diet.
To modify one's food and beverage intake so as to decrease or increase body weight or influence health.
Example: I've been dieting for six months, and have lost some weight.
To eat; to take one's meals.
To cause to take food; to feed.
noun
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(usually capitalized as a proper noun) A council or assembly of leaders; a formal deliberative assembly.
Example: They were given representation of some important diet committees.
A session of exams
The proceedings under a criminal libel.
A clerical or ecclesiastical function in Scotland.
Example: a diet of worship