DIETING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)

Synonyms:

diet; dieting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("dieting" is a kind of...):

fast; fasting (abstaining from food)

Derivation:

diet (eat sparingly, for health reasons or to lose weight)

diet (follow a regimen or a diet, as for health reasons)

-ing form of the verb diet