'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]