dieting

English

Verb

dieting

1. present participle and gerund of diet

Noun

dieting (countable and uncountable, plural dietings)

1. The practice of following a diet.
   • 1850, John Epps, Homoeopathy and Its Principles Explained, page 133:

     […] they think that diet cures chronic diseases, placed under the homoeopathic physician's care, though, under their care, with all their dietings, these very diseases were so intractable.

Derived terms

• antidieting
• nondieting
• undieting
• yo-yo dieting

Anagrams

• editing, ignited