diet

IPA: dˈaɪʌt

The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.
(countable) A controlled regimen of food and drink, as to gain or lose weight or otherwise influence health.
(by extension) Any habitual intake or consumption.
(usually capitalized as a proper noun) A council or assembly of leaders; a formal deliberative assembly.
(Scotland) A session of exams
(Scotland, law) A criminal proceeding in court.
(Scotland) A clerical or ecclesiastical function in Scotland.
(microbiology) Abbreviation of direct interspecies electron transfer.
Alternative letter-case form of diet (council or assembly of leaders; a formal deliberative assembly). [The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.]

(transitive) To regulate the food of (someone); to put on a diet.
(intransitive) To modify one's food and beverage intake so as to decrease or increase body weight or influence health.
(obsolete) To eat; to take one's meals.
(obsolete, transitive) To cause to take food; to feed.

(of a food or beverage) Containing less fat, salt, sugar, or calories than normal, or claimed to have such.
(informal, figurative) Having certain traits subtracted.

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