Definition of "streamline" []

• To construct or design in a form that offers the least resistance to fluid flow. (verb-transitive)
• To improve the appearance or efficiency of; modernize. (verb-transitive)
• To organize. (verb-transitive)
• To simplify. (verb-transitive)
• A line that is parallel to the direction of flow of a fluid at a given instant. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Other analysts are happier with the move; the word "streamline" is in heavy rotation."
• "Those transactions, called streamline refinances, allow FHA borrowers current on their loans to refinance even if the value of the loan equals or exceeds the value of the home."
• "We'll check in on all of those claims, beginning with the first - that the streamline is a deterrent to illegal immigration."