diet

  1. Noun.  The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.
  2. Noun.  (countable) A controlled regimen of food and drink, as to gain or lose weight or otherwise influence health.
  3. Noun.  By extension, any habitual intake or consumption.
  4. Noun.  (countable) A council or assembly of leaders; a formal deliberative assembly.
  5. Verb.  (transitive) To regulate the food of (someone); to put on a diet.
  6. Verb.  (intransitive) To modify one's food and beverage intake so as to decrease or increase body weight or influence health.

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