diet

diet
n.

1) to be on, follow, stick to a diet; to go on a diet

2) to prescribe a diet

3) a balanced, well-balanced; bland; crash; reducing; special; starvation; steady; therapeutic diet

4) a high-calorie; high-carbohydrate; high-fiber, high-fibre; high-protein; low-calorie; low-carbohydrate; low-cholesterol; low-residue; low-salt, low-sodium; salt-free diet

* * *
['daɪət]
bland
high-carbohydrate
high-fiber
high-fibre
high-protein
low-calorie
low-carbohydrate
low-cholesterol
low-residue
low-salt
low-sodium
reducing
salt-free diet
starvation
stick to a diet
therapeutic diet
to go on a diet
well-balanced
a balanced
a high-calorie
to be on
to prescribe a diet

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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