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Plural for the act or restricting one's food or calories to lose weight or for medical reasons
“I always say I want to lose weight, but the diet only lasts a week, and then it's out of the window.”
Plural for the kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats
“Rice is a staple food in the diet of most Ivoirians.”
Plural for a legislative assembly in certain countries
“The term originated with the protest of the reforming minority at the diet of Spires in 1529 against the Catholic majority.”
Plural for a meeting of an official body to conduct its business
“Under the October Diploma of 1860, the government agreed to call the diets, which would then elect to the Reichsrat.”
Plural for a sequence of actions regularly followed
Plural for balanced nutrition
Plural for treatment
To restrict oneself to small amounts or specific types of food to lose weight
“If a woman, famous or not, decides she needs to diet or have weight loss surgery for her own health or happiness, far be it from me to sit in judgment.”
To make oneself thinner, especially by dieting
To deprive oneself of food
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