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diets

9 definitions • 22 examples
1
the food and drink usually eaten or drunk by a person or group:

Examples:

Diet varies between different countries in the world.
balanced diet It is important for children to have a balanced diet.
staple diet Rice is the staple diet (= most important food) of many people in China.
diet of The children seem to exist on a diet of fried food.
2
an eating plan in which someone eats less food, or only particular types of food, because they want to become thinner or for medical reasons:

Examples:

go on a diet I'm going on a diet next week and hope to lose ten pounds before Christmas.
on a diet Following his recent health scare, my boss is now on a diet.
put someone on a diet The doctor put me on a low-salt diet to reduce my blood pressure.
crash diet Low calorie crash diets do not work.
strict diet She runs at least three times a week and eats a very strict organic diet.
calorie-controlled diet By May I had lost four stone by following a calorie-controlled diet.
3
a particular type of thing that you experience or do regularly, or a limited range of activities:

Examples:

diet of He was brought up on a diet of political propaganda from birth.
Network TV only offers a diet of bad reality shows every night.
4
Diet food or drink contains less sugar or fat than the usual type, and often contains an artificial sweetener:

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5
to limit the food and/or drink that you have, especially in order to lose weight:

Examples:

You should be able to reduce your weight by careful dieting.
6
the food and drink usually taken by a person or group:

Examples:

[ C ] fig. Gifted students given a steady diet of grade-level curriculum learn they don’t need to work hard.
7
A diet is also the particular food and drink you are limited to when you cannot eat or drink whatever you want to:

Examples:

[ C ] a low-salt diet
[ C ] I’m going on a diet because I’ve got to lose some weight.
8
to limit the food that you take, esp. in order to lose weight:

Examples:

He began dieting a month ago and says he has lost ten pounds already.
9
(of food or drink) containing much less sugar than usual and often sweetened artificially, or containing less fat than usual:

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