Diets - English meaning

verb

Restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something.

Usage examples:

She intends to abstain from sex before marriage

verb

To not do something, especially something enjoyable that you think might be bad

Usage examples:

Abstain from he took a vow to abstain from alcohol/smoking/sex.

verb

To decide not to use your vote

Usage examples:

63 members voted in favour, 39 opposed, and 15 abstained.

noun

The practice of restraining oneself from indulging in something, typically alcohol or sex.

Usage examples:

I started drinking again after six years of abstinence

noun

Food; nourishment.

Usage examples:

Coke goes on to say estovers signify sustenance, aliment, or nourishment.

noun

A group of people gathered together in one place for a common purpose.

Usage examples:

An assembly of dockers and labourers

noun

A group of people, esp. one gathered together regularly for a particular purpose

Usage examples:

[ c ] the state assembly will vote on a death penalty bill next week.

noun

The process of putting together the parts of a machine or structure

Usage examples:

Full assembly instructions are provided with these easy-to-build desk units., car assembly, the ass…

noun

Food.

Usage examples:

Tex-mex chow is more than melted cheese and beans

verb

Eat.

Usage examples:

He chowed down on lobster

noun

An item of food.

Usage examples:

A fridge groaning with comestibles

adjective

Edible.

Usage examples:

Sugar, coffee, and sundry other comestible requisites

noun

Things that are for eating

noun

A group of people appointed for a specific function by a larger group and typically consisting of members of that group.

Usage examples:

The housing committee

noun

A group of people chosen from a larger group to act on or consider matters of a particular kind

Usage examples:

She sits on the city’s finance committee.

noun

A small group of people chosen to represent a larger organization and make decisions or collect information for it

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Committee members, a committee meeting, if the others on the committee share his view and the data …

noun

A private meeting.

Usage examples:

It came on the eve of a meeting of the g20-a conclave of developed and developing nations - in berl…

noun

A private meeting at which the discussions are kept secret

noun

A formal meeting or series of meetings for discussion between delegates, especially those from a political party, trade union, or from within a particular sphere of activity.

Usage examples:

An international congress of mathematicians

noun

A formal meeting of representatives from countries or organizations at which ideas are discussed and information is exchanged

Usage examples:

The fourth congress of the european association for lexicography, congress has rejected the preside…

noun

The elected group of politicians in the us who are responsible for making the laws. congress consists of the senate and the house of representatives

Usage examples:

Established by congress to protect investors, the sec monitors publicly traded interests., the unio…

noun

A large formal assembly of people.

Usage examples:

This was their second reunion as a similar convocation gathered for a get together in summerhill tw…

noun

A large, formal meeting, esp. for the ceremony at a university at the end of a course of study, or the act of arranging a large, formal meeting

Usage examples:

[ c ] she was awarded an honorary degree at the spring convocation.

noun

An advisory, deliberative, or administrative body of people formally constituted and meeting regularly.

Usage examples:

An official human rights council

noun

A group of people elected or chosen to make decisions or give advice on a particular subject, to represent a particular group of people, or to run a particular organization

Usage examples:

The un security council, the council is being pressured to approve the plan.

noun

A group of people who are responsible for making official decisions about a particular activity or advising people about something

Usage examples:

The un security council, a council meeting/member, a governing/ruling council, sit on/serve on/be e…

verb

Put (food) into the mouth and chew and swallow it.

Usage examples:

He was eating a hot dog

noun

Light food or snacks.

Usage examples:

These make great party eats

abbreviation

Tanzania (international vehicle registration).

noun

Items of food.

Usage examples:

The farm grows a variety of tropical plants yielding an amazing assortment of fruits and other edib…

adjective

Fit or suitable to be eaten.

Usage examples:

The shrub has small edible berries

noun

The money paid for a journey on public transport.

Usage examples:

We should go to seville, but we cannot afford the air fare

verb

Perform in a specified way in a particular situation or over a particular period.

Usage examples:

The party fared badly in the elections

noun

The money that you pay for traveling on a vehicle such as a bus or train

Usage examples:

We shared a taxi and split the fare., middle eastern fare, middle-income families will fare better/…

adjective

Moving or capable of moving at high speed.

Usage examples:

A fast and powerful car

adverb

Engaging in or involving activities characterized by excitement, extranvagance, and risk-taking.

Usage examples:

The fast life she led in london

verb

Abstain from all or some kinds of food or drink, especially as a religious observance.

Usage examples:

The ministry instructed people to fast

noun

Any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink or that plants absorb in order to maintain life and growth.

Usage examples:

We need food and water

noun

Any substance that can be metabolized by an animal

noun

Something that can be taken in by an animal and used to keep it alive and allow it to grow or develop, or such things considered as a whole

Usage examples:

[ u ] baby/cat food, [ c ] there were a lot of frozen foods in the refrigerator., [ u ] he has had …

noun

A substance suitable for consumption as food.

Usage examples:

The people depend on sago starch as a basic foodstuff

noun

Any substance used as food

noun

A substance that is used as food or to make food

Usage examples:

Straw is a valuable by-product for farmers as an animal bedding and foodstuff., basic/essential foo…

noun

The larva of an insect, especially a beetle.

Usage examples:

My onions are ruined by small grubs eating the roots

verb

Dig or poke about in soil.

Usage examples:

The damage done to pastures by badgers grubbing for worms

noun

Food

Usage examples:

The food was just good, greasy grub., can i grub a sandwich from you?

noun

The legislative body of a country or state.

Usage examples:

The nevada state legislature passed a law to prohibit dumping of nuclear waste

noun

An elected group of people who have the power to make and change laws in a state or country

noun

An organization consisting of people who have been elected to make laws for a state or a country

Usage examples:

Republican leaders in the legislature said they will appeal the court decision., the legislature ap…

noun

Any of the regular occasions in a day when a reasonably large amount of food is eaten.

Usage examples:

The evening meal

noun

An occasion when food is served or eaten, esp. breakfast, lunch, or dinner, or the food itself on such an occasion

Usage examples:

I don’t enjoy preparing three meals a day every day.

noun

An occasion when food is eaten, or the food which is eaten on such an occasion

Usage examples:

Go out/take sb out for a meal he took the whole team out for a meal at the end of the project., hav…

noun

A list of dishes available in a restaurant.

Usage examples:

The waiter handed her a menu

noun

A list of the dishes served at a meal, esp. in a restaurant

Usage examples:

There are several vegetarian dishes on the menu.

noun

A list of possible available actions that appears on a computer screen and allows you to choose the instruction you want

Usage examples:

Select the edit menu and then click on copy.

noun

Food.

Usage examples:

Filling the freezer with all kinds of nosh

verb

Eat food enthusiastically or greedily.

Usage examples:

You can nosh to your heart's content

noun

The food necessary for growth, health, and good condition.

Usage examples:

Tubers from which plants obtain nourishment

noun

Food that you need to grow and stay healthy

Usage examples:

Young babies obtain all the nourishment they need from their mother's milk.

noun

Nourishment; sustenance.

Usage examples:

The bees reprocess the food and extract the last particle of nutriment from it

noun

(in the uk) the highest legislature, consisting of the sovereign, the house of lords, and the house of commons.

Usage examples:

The secretary of state will lay proposals before parliament

noun

The group of people who make the laws in some countries

Usage examples:

A parliamentary election

noun

In some countries, a group of politicians who have been elected to make laws for the country

Usage examples:

They are hoping to push a radical income tax reform through parliament., currently, women's issues …

noun

Animal fodder.

Usage examples:

To raise the prices of provender for cattle, importation has been severely curtailed

noun

The action of providing or supplying something for use.

Usage examples:

New contracts for the provision of services

verb

Supply with food, drink, or equipment, especially for a journey.

Usage examples:

Civilian contractors were responsible for provisioning these armies

noun

Something that is needed or wanted, or the act of considering the need for something and arranging for it

Usage examples:

[ u ] when designing buildings in california, you have to make some provision for earthquakes., [ c…

verb

Make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.

Usage examples:

The need for businesses to reduce costs

verb

Make smaller

verb

To make something less in size, amount, degree, importance, or price

Usage examples:

A low-fat diet can reduce the risk of heart disease., grunn employs 17,900 people, but that number …

verb

Speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way.

Usage examples:

Patrick professed to scoff at soppy love scenes in films

noun

An expression of scornful derision.

Usage examples:

Scoffs of disbelief

noun

Food.

Usage examples:

Ice cream was seen as suitable scoff to keep the under-tens quiet

noun

The smaller upper assembly in the us, us states, france, and other countries.

Usage examples:

The senate must ratify any treaty with a two-thirds majority

verb

Make (a person or a part of their body) appear more slender.

Usage examples:

Longer lengths tend to slenderize and elongate the body

verb

To become thinner or to make something appear thinner

Usage examples:

We manufacture undergarments that tone and slenderize., wearing dark clothes from the waist down wi…

adjective

(of a person or their build) gracefully thin; slender.

Usage examples:

Her slim figure

verb

Make oneself thinner, especially by dieting.

Usage examples:

If he's overweight, he should slim

noun

A course or period of slimming.

Usage examples:

A sponsored slim

noun

Food and drink regarded as a source of strength; nourishment.

Usage examples:

Poor rural economies turned to potatoes for sustenance

noun

Food, or the energy and other things food provides people and animals to keep them strong and healthy

Usage examples:

The ranch animals get a lot of their sustenance from grazing.

noun

An assembly of the clergy and sometimes also the laity in a diocese or other division of a particular church.

Usage examples:

The deanery synod

noun

A regular meeting of church members for the discussion of religious matters

noun

A piece of furniture with a flat top and one or more legs, providing a level surface for eating, writing, or working at.

Usage examples:

She put the plate on the table

verb

Present formally for discussion or consideration at a meeting.

Usage examples:

More than 200 amendments to the bill have already been tabled

noun

Furniture having a smooth flat top supported by legs

noun

Food or provisions.

Usage examples:

Turkey and other savoury victuals were served

verb

Provide with food or other stores.

Usage examples:

The ship wasn't even properly victualled

noun

Food and drink

Usage examples:

"i can't bear to see good victuals wasted," said martha., thank you for these fine victuals, my goo…