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streamline verb trans. E20.
[from STREAMLINE noun & adjective or back-form. from next.]
Design or redesign with a form which presents least resistance to a flow of air, water, etc.; give a smooth tapered form to. Also, simplify, reduce, esp. in order to make more efficient or better organized. Chiefly as STREAMLINED ppl adjective, STREAMLINING noun.
International Business Week He streamlined the business, consolidating..23 banks into one.
streamliner noun (a) a streamlined thing, esp. a streamlined train; (b) a person who streamlines something: M20.