Past tense of streamline
regular verb
The past tense of streamline is streamlined. The past participle is also streamlined.
Forms of streamline
| Base form (V1) | streamline /ˈstriːmlaɪn/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | streamlined |
| Past participle (V3) | streamlined |
| Present participle | streamlining |
| Third person singular | streamlines |
Streamlined in a sentence
- 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.1969, Trains
- Unlike its streamlined, efficient former self, Google Search is now bloated and overmonetized.2023 September 22, Charlie Warzel, “The Tragedy of Google Search”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The…. From the entry overmonetized
- The simple style of numbers and symbols on the face contributes to the modern, streamlined sporty appearance.2019, Elaine Boylan, Stephanie Lightbown, How to Pass Higher Art & Design. From the entry sporty
- The selective algorithm excludes the redundant classifiers to construct a streamlined ensemble learning.2016, Xingming Sun, Alex Liu, Han-Chieh Chao, Cloud Computing and Security: Second International Conference, ICCCS 2016, Nanjing, China…. From the entry selective
- Aside from the air-scoop smoke deflector, GTW's six U-4-b streamlined 4-8-4's were counterparts of CNR's U-4-a's.1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 44, photo caption. From the entry smoke deflector
Meaning of streamline
- noun A line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of a fluid; equivalent to the path of a specific particle in that flow.
- noun On a weather chart, a line that is tangent to the flow of the wind.
- verb To design and construct the contours of a vehicle etc. so as to offer the least resistance to its flow through a fluid.
Questions about the past tense of streamline
- What is the past tense of streamline?
- The past tense of streamline is streamlined.
- What is the past participle of streamline?
- The past participle of streamline is streamlined.
- Is streamline a regular or irregular verb?
- Streamline is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: streamline (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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