streamline
/ˈstriːmlaɪn/ verb C2- To design and construct the contours of a vehicle etc. so as to offer the least resistance to its flow through a fluid.
- To simplify or organize a process in order to increase its efficiency.
- To modernize.
He/she/it streamlines · Past streamlined · Past participle streamlined · -ing form streamlining
Verb forms
- Base form
- streamline
- He/she/it
- streamlines
- Past
- streamlined
- Past participle
- streamlined
- -ing form
- streamlining
From the library
Consequently, words such as labor, honor, and flavor lost their superfluous vowels in favor of a more streamlined appearance.
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