(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Your ~ is the type and range of food that you regularly eat.
It’s never too late to improve your ~.
...a healthy ~ rich in fruit and vegetables...
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2.
If a doctor puts someone on a ~, he or she makes them eat a special type or range of foods in order to improve their health.
He was put on a ~ of milky food.
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3.
If you are on a ~, you eat special kinds of food or you eat less food than usual because you are trying to lose weight.
Have you been on a ~? You’ve lost a lot of weight...
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4.
If you are ~ing, you eat special kinds of food or you eat less food than usual because you are trying to lose weight.
I’ve been ~ing ever since the birth of my fourth child...
VERB: V
~ing
She has already lost around two stone through ~ing.
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5.
Diet drinks or foods have been specially produced so that they do not contain many calories.
...sugar-free ~ drinks.
ADJ: ADJ n
6.
If you are fed on a ~ of something, especially something unpleasant or of poor quality, you receive or experience a very large amount of it.
The radio had fed him a ~ of pop songs...
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