streamlining

From the verb streamline: (⇒ conjugate)

streamlining is: ⓘ

v pres p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

stream•line /ˈstrimˌlaɪn/   v., -lined, -lin•ing, adj. 
v. [~ + object]

1. to make (something) into the shape of a teardrop so as to offer least resistance to air or water:
   to streamline the shape of the car.
2. to change in order to make more efficient or simple:
   to streamline the procedures for getting a work permit.

adj. 

3. streamlined.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

stream•line  (strēm′līn′), n., v., -lined, -lin•ing. adj. 
n. 

1. a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
2. the path of a particle that is flowing steadily and without turbulence in a fluid past an object.

v.t. 

3. to make streamlined.
4. to alter in order to make more efficient or simple.

adj. 

5. streamlined.

• stream + line¹ 1870–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

streamline / ˈstriːmˌlaɪn/ noun

1. a contour on a body that offers the minimum resistance to a gas or liquid flowing around it

verb (transitive)

1. to make streamlined