diet

Universal Words noun, verb noun 1 [C,U] the food that you eat and drink regularly: to have a healthy, balanced diet * the Japanese diet of rice, vegetables and fish * to receive advice on diet 2 [C] a limited variety or amount of food that you eat for medical reasons or because you want to lose weight; a time when you only eat this limited variety or amount: a low-fat, salt-free diet * diet drinks (= with fewer calories than normal) * I decided to go on a diet (= to lose weight) before my holiday. 3 [sing.] a ~ of sth (disapproving) a large amount of a restricted range of activities: Children today are brought up on a diet of television cartoons and soap operas. dietary adjective [usuallybeforenoun]: dietary advice / changes / habits * dietary fibre verb [V] to eat less food or only food of a particular type in order to lose weight: She's always dieting but she never seems to lose any weight.