diet
verb/ˈdaɪət/
/ˈdaɪət/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they diet | /ˈdaɪət/ /ˈdaɪət/ |
| he / she / it diets | /ˈdaɪəts/ /ˈdaɪəts/ |
| past simple dieted | /ˈdaɪətɪd/ /ˈdaɪətɪd/ |
| past participle dieted | /ˈdaɪətɪd/ /ˈdaɪətɪd/ |
| -ing form dieting | /ˈdaɪətɪŋ/ /ˈdaɪətɪŋ/ |
- to eat less food or only food of a particular type in order to lose weight synonym be on a diet
- She's always dieting but she never seems to lose any weight.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French diete (noun), dieter (verb), via Latin from Greek diaita ‘a way of life’.
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