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diet [dahy-it] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
diet [dahy-it]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: abstinence from food
Synonyms: dietary, fast, nutritional therapy, regime, regimen, restriction, starvation, weight-reduction plan
Antonyms: indulgence
Main Entry: diet
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: abstain from food
Synonyms: count calories, eat sparingly, fall off, fast, go without, lose weight, reduce, skinny down, slim, slim down, starve, tighten belt, watch weight
Antonyms: gorge, indulge
Main Entry: bread
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: daily food
Synonyms: aliment, bed and board, comestibles, diet, fare, feed, grub, necessities, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, provender, provisions, shingle, staff of life, subsistence, sustenance, viands, victuals
Example Sentences
  • AT a medical meeting some years ago, a group of science writers concocted a recipe for a sure-fire, best-selling diet book.
  • Basically this campaign consisted of trying to exercise more and to eat a more nutritious diet.
  • Similar studies of the effect of diet on the behaviour of prisoners are, though, provoking interest.
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Main Entry: convocation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: assembly
Synonyms: assemblage, conclave, concourse, confab, conference, congregation, congress, convention, council, diet, get-together, meet, meeting, powwow, synod, turnout
Main Entry: council
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: people assembled for purpose
Synonyms: assembly, board, body, brain trust, cabinet, chamber, clan, committee, conclave, confab, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, diet, directorate, gang, gathering, governing body, groupthink, huddle, kitchen cabinet, meet, ministry, mob, official family, outfit, panel, parliament, powwow, ring, senate, synod
Notes: counsel is 'advice, guidance' and a counsel is a lawyer; a council is a deliberative body of people assembled for some purpose and members are councillors (especially in Britain)
Main Entry: fare
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: food served at meals
Synonyms: commons, diet, eatables, eats, edibles, meals, menu, provision, rations, slop, sustenance, swill, table, victuals
Main Entry: fast
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: abstention from eating
Synonyms: abstinence, diet, fasting, xerophagy
Antonyms: eating, feast, gluttony, gorging, stuffing
Main Entry: fast
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: go without food
Synonyms: abstain, deny oneself, diet, famish, forbear, go hungry, not eat, refrain, starve
Antonyms: eat, glut, gorge, stuff
Main Entry: food
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: edible material
Synonyms: aliment, bite*, board, bread, cheer, chow, comestible, cookery, cooking, cuisine, diet, drink, eatable, eats, entrée, fare, fast food, feed, fodder*, foodstuff, goodies, grit, groceries, grub, handout, home cooking, keep, larder, meal, meat, menu, mess*, moveable feast, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, provision, ration, refreshment, slop, snack, store, subsistence, support, sustenance, table, take out, tuck, viand, victual, vittles
Antonyms: beverage, drink
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