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# diet

noun (diet, diets); verb (diet, diets, dieted, dieting)

«diet» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Your diet is all the food and drink you usually eat and drink: a healthy diet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diet/#m1)
2. A diet is a special plan of eating, for health or to lose weight: a gluten-free diet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diet/#m2)
3. The diet of an animal is what it naturally eats: a panda's diet is mostly bamboo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diet/#m3)
4. To diet means to eat less or eat certain foods to lose weight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diet/#m4)
5. A diet can also mean a formal meeting of a country's lawmakers or representatives. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diet/#m5)

### In the lessons

In science and health lessons, a balanced diet includes fruit and vegetables, carbohydrates (bread, rice, pasta), proteins (meat, fish, beans, eggs), some dairy, a little fat and lots of water; the «eatwell plate» or «food pyramid» shows proportions. Animals are grouped by diet: herbivores (plants), carnivores (meat), omnivores (both). Some people follow diets because of allergies, religion or beliefs (vegetarian, halal, kosher). Phrases: balanced diet, healthy diet, go on a diet, special diet, diet drink.

### Examples

- A balanced diet keeps your body healthy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diet/#x1)
- Koalas have a diet of eucalyptus leaves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diet/#x2)
- Sharks are carnivores — their diet is meat and fish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diet/#x3)
- My cousin has a gluten-free diet because of an illness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diet/#x4)
- Vegetarians have a diet without meat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diet/#x5)
- Too much sugar in your diet is bad for your teeth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diet/#x6)
- Mum is on a diet before the wedding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diet/#x7)
- In Roeskilde, too, the members of the Danish Diet assemble. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diet/#x8)

### Note

Countable: diets. Trap: «diet» first means everything you eat, not only eating less. Growing children should not go on weight-loss diets without a doctor. «Diet» drinks have sweeteners instead of sugar.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «diet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diet/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«diet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/diet.html) on Mova free.