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Something fit to be eaten

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Noun

What one eats

nutrition
The process of nourishing or being nourished, especially the process by which a living organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and for replacement of tissues.
The science or study that deals with food and nourishment, especially in humans.
A source of nourishment; food.

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1. The process of nourishing or being nourished, especially the process by which a living organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and for replacement of tissues.
2. The science or study that deals with food and nourishment, especially in humans.
3. A source of nourishment; food.
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daily-bread
All those things, such as regular food and water, needed to sustain physical life.
(by extension) All those things, such as regular prayer, worship and meditation, needed to sustain spiritual life

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1. All those things, such as regular food and water, needed to sustain physical life.
2. (by extension) All those things, such as regular prayer, worship and meditation, needed to sustain spiritual life
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intake
An opening by which a fluid is admitted into a container or conduit.
The act of taking in.
The quantity taken in.

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1. An opening by which a fluid is admitted into a container or conduit.
2. The act of taking in.
3. The quantity taken in.
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fare
To get along:
To happen or develop:
To travel; go.

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1. To get along:
2. To happen or develop:
3. To travel; go.
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food

Restricted intake of food

bread and water
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starvation diet
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abstinence from food
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fast
Acting, moving, or capable of acting or moving quickly; swift.
Accomplished in relatively little time:
Acquired quickly with little effort and sometimes unscrupulously:

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1. Acting, moving, or capable of acting or moving quickly; swift.
2. Accomplished in relatively little time:
3. Acquired quickly with little effort and sometimes unscrupulously:
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regime
A government, especially an oppressive or undemocratic one:
A usually heavy-handed administration or group in charge of an organization:
A way of organizing or managing something; a system:

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1. A government, especially an oppressive or undemocratic one:
2. A usually heavy-handed administration or group in charge of an organization:
3. A way of organizing or managing something; a system:
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dietary regimen
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nutritional therapy
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weight-reduction plan
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Verb

tighten-one-s-belt
(idiomatic) To be more frugal. To make difficult economic savings due to a lowering of expected income.

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1. (idiomatic) To be more frugal. To make difficult economic savings due to a lowering of expected income.
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abstain
To keep oneself from doing, engaging in, or partaking of something; refrain:
To refrain from voting:

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1. To keep oneself from doing, engaging in, or partaking of something; refrain:
2. To refrain from voting:
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reduce
To bring down, as in extent, amount, or degree; diminish.
To gain control of; subject or conquer:
To subject to destruction:

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1. To bring down, as in extent, amount, or degree; diminish.
2. To gain control of; subject or conquer:
3. To subject to destruction:
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slim-down
To reduce one's weight; to become thinner.

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1. To reduce one's weight; to become thinner.
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lose-weight
(intransitive) to become less heavy.

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1. (intransitive) to become less heavy.
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starve oneself
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go-without
(idiomatic) Be deprived of.

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1. (idiomatic) Be deprived of.
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count calories
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watch one's weight
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go on a diet
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