Word.ws English Dictionary

destreamline

destreamline verb: to remove the streamlining from; to undo the streamlining of.

Verb

destreamline (third-person singular simple present destreamlines, present participle destreamlining, simple past and past participle destreamlined)

  1. (transitive) To remove the streamlining from; to undo the streamlining of.
    • The process of destreamlining a GS-4 amounted to little more than ripping off her running board skirts and painting her black.1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co.
    • The J's originally were streamlined after the style of the New Haven's 1400- class 4-6-4's and were considered by many to be a handsome locomotive. A program to gradually destreamline the class began in April 1947.1969, Trains
    Synonyms:
    unstreamline

Synonyms of destreamline

Forms of destreamline

third-person singular presentdestreamlines
present participledestreamlining
past participledestreamlined
pastdestreamlined

Origin of destreamline

From de- + streamline.

Questions about destreamline

What does destreamline mean?
Destreamline means to remove the streamlining from; to undo the streamlining of.
What part of speech is destreamline?
Destreamline is a verb.
What is the past tense of destreamline?
The past tense of destreamline is destreamlined.

Words near destreamline in the dictionary

  1. destratified
  2. destratify
  3. destream
  4. destreamed
  5. destreaming
  6. destreamline
  7. destreamlined
  8. destreamlines
  9. destreamlining
  10. destreams
  11. destress

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: destreamline (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “destreamline.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/destreamline. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.