'Dieting' definitions:
Definition of 'dieting'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods) [syn: diet, dieting]
Definition of 'Dieting'
From: GCIDE
- Diet \Di"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dieted; p. pr. & vb. n. Dieting.]
- 1. To cause to take food; to feed. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cause to eat and drink sparingly, or by prescribed rules; to regulate medicinally the food of. [1913 Webster]
- She diets him with fasting every day. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dieting'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acid-ash diet,
- allergy diet,
- appetite,
- bland diet,
- calorie chart,
- calorie counter,
- cannibalism,
- carnivorism,
- carnivority,
- carnivorousness,
- chewing,
- consumption,
- cropping,
- deglutition,
- devouring,
- devourment,
- diabetic diet,
- diet,
- diet book,
- dietary,
- dietetics,
- dining,
- eating,
- epulation,
- feasting,
- feeding,
- gluttony,
- gobbling,
- grazing,
- herbivorism,
- herbivority,
- herbivorousness,
- high-protein diet,
- high-vitamin diet,
- hunger,
- ingestion,
- licking,
- low-carbohydrate diet,
- low-salt diet,
- macrobiotic diet,
- manducation,
- mastication,
- messing,
- munching,
- nibbling,
- nutrition,
- omnivorism,
- omnivorousness,
- omophagy,
- pantophagy,
- pap,
- pasture,
- pasturing,
- pecking,
- regalement,
- regime,
- regimen,
- relishing,
- rumination,
- salt-free diet,
- savoring,
- soft diet,
- spoon victuals,
- tasting,
- ulcer diet,
- vegetarianism,
- vitamin-deficiency diet,
- wolfing
Words containing 'Dieting'
- Diet,
- Dieted,
- Diet kitchen,
- Diet of Augsburg,
- Diet of Speyer,
- Diet of Spires,
- Diet of Worms,
- Imperial diet,
- allergy diet,
- balanced diet,
- bland diet,
- diabetic diet,
- fad diet,
- light diet,
- liquid diet,
- macrobiotic diet,
- obesity diet,
- reducing diet,
- soft diet,
- ulcer diet,
- clear liquid diet,
- gluten-free diet,
- high-protein diet,
- high-vitamin diet,
- low-calorie diet,
- low-fat diet,
- low-salt diet,
- low-sodium diet,
- salt-free diet,
- vitamin-deficiency diet