food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health

Milk is a wholesome article of diet.

a particular selection of food, esp. as designed or prescribed to improve a person's physical condition or to prevent or treat a disease

a diet low in sugar.

such a selection or a limitation on the amount a person eats for reducing weight

No pie for me, I'm on a diet.

the foods eaten, as by a particular person or group

The native diet consists of fish and fruit.

food or feed habitually eaten or provided

The rabbits were fed a diet of carrots and lettuce.

anything that is habitually provided or partaken of

Television has given us a steady diet of game shows and soap operas.

to regulate the food of, esp. in order to improve the physical condition.

to feed.

to select or limit the food one eats to improve one's physical condition or to lose weight

I've dieted all month and lost only one pound.

to eat or feed according to the requirements of a diet.

suitable for consumption with a weight-reduction diet; dietetic

diet soft drinks.

noun

indulgence

verb

gorge , indulge

noun

dietary , fast , nutritional therapy , regime , regimen , restriction , starvation , weight-reduction plan , aliment , bite , comestibles , commons , daily bread , edibles , fare , goodies , grubbery , menu , nourishment , nutriment , nutrition , provisions , rations , snack , subsistence , sustenance , viands , victuals , bread , comestible , edible , esculent , foodstuff , meat , nurture , pabulum , pap , provender , provision , victual

verb

count calories , eat sparingly , fall off , fast , go without , lose weight , reduce , skinny down , slim , slim down , starve , tighten belt , watch weight , assembly , convention , drink , fare , food , legislature , nourishment , provisions , regimen , starvation , viands