diet
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(noun) the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods) |
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Synonyms: dieting |
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Related Words: fast, fasting |
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(verb) eat sparingly, for health reasons or to lose weight |
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Related Words: fast |
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(verb) follow a regimen or a diet, as for health reasons |
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Related Words: fast |
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(satellite adjective) having relatively few calories; "diet cola"; "light (or lite) beer"; "lite (or light) mayonnaise"; "a low-cal diet" |
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Synonyms: light, lite, low-cal |
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(noun) the usual food and drink consumed by an organism (person or animal) |
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Related Words: fare |
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(noun) a prescribed selection of foods |
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Related Words: allergy diet, balanced diet, bland diet, carbo loading, carbohydrate loading, diabetic diet, fare, high-protein diet, high-vitamin diet, liquid diet, low-fat diet, low-salt diet, low-sodium diet, obesity diet, pablum, pap, reducing diet, salt-free diet, soft diet, spoon food, ulcer diet, vegetarianism, vitamin-deficiency diet |
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(noun) a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Japan) |
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Related Words: general assembly, law-makers, legislative assembly, legislature |
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