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A rabbit's diet includes plants.
What does Diet mean?
Diet means what someone usually eats and drinks.
Dictionary definition
The food and drink a person, animal, or group usually eats.
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Diet in a sentence
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A healthy diet includes different kinds of foods.
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Scientists study an animal's diet to understand how it survives in its habitat.
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What does diet mean?
Diet means the food and drink a person or animal usually has.
Practice 2
Which sentence uses diet correctly?
This sentence uses diet to mean what an animal eats.
Practice 3
Which word is related in meaning to diet?
Nutrition is related to food, eating, and health.
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WordDiet.
Partnoun.
MeaningDiet means what someone usually eats and drinks.
ExampleExample: A rabbit's diet includes plants.
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- dy · it
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- dy
- Ending
- it
- Tip
- Put a little extra energy on dy.
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Synonyms
Words like Diet
food intakeUse for what a person or animal eats.
nutritionUse when talking about how food supports health.
Antonyms
Opposite words
fastingUse when someone avoids food for a period of time.
starvationUse when someone does not get enough food.
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Word family
Diet word family
Base word
diet
noun
diet
The food and drink usually eaten.
adjective
dietary
Related to food and eating habits.
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Diet means what someone usually eats and drinks.
Common mix-up
Diet is not the same as fasting. Diet means diet means what someone usually eats and drinks.
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Ask students to explain this model sentence: "A healthy diet includes different kinds of foods." Why does diet fit better than fasting?
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