diet
noun
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health.
have dieted
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present perfectof diet.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Don't be discouraged if some day after you have dieted well you seem to have gained.
From Diet and Health With Key to the Calories by Lulu Hunt Peters
My appetite is extraordinary;—I think it has increased since I have dieted.
From Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician by William A. (William Andrus) Alcott
