dietnoun
uk/ˈdaɪ.ət/us/ˈdaɪ.ət/B1 [ C or U ] the food and drink usually eaten or drunk by a person or group:
B1 [ C ] 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:
[ S ] a particular type of thing that you experience or do regularly, or a limited range of activities:
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- Your skin would clear if you had a healthier diet.
- I'm afraid I'm not a very good advertisement for the diet since I've actually put on weight!
- Fresh fruit and vegetables are an essential component of a healthy diet.
- A good diet helps build the body's natural defences.
- The deformation of the bones was caused by poor diet.
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Diets & dieting
- anorexia nervosa
- balanced diet
- bulimia
- caloric
- calorie-controlled
- calorific
- comfort eating
- complex carbohydrate
- crash diet
- deficiency disease
- dietetics
- intake
- low-calorie
- macrobiotic
- malnourished
- nutraceutical
- nutritional
- nutritious
- slimmer
- vegetarian
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dietadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈdaɪ.ət/us/ˈdaɪ.ət/Diet food or drink contains less sugar or fat than the usual type, and often contains an artificial sweetener:
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Various qualities of food
- citrus
- cordon bleu
- creamy
- crisp
- crispy
- crunchy
- diabetic
- fatty
- hoppy
- instant
- isotonic
- kosher
- lean
- mild
- store-bought
- sugar-coated
- sugar-free
- unbleached
- undercook
- unsliced
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dietverb [ I ]
uk/ˈdaɪ.ət/us/ˈdaɪ.ət/to limit the food and/or drink that you have, especially in order to lose weight:
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Diets & dieting
- anorexia nervosa
- balanced diet
- bulimia
- caloric
- calorie-controlled
- calorific
- comfort eating
- complex carbohydrate
- crash diet
- deficiency disease
- dietetics
- intake
- low-calorie
- macrobiotic
- malnourished
- nutraceutical
- nutritional
- nutritious
- slimmer
- vegetarian
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