streamline
streamline.01 - make smoother
STREAMLINE-V NOTES: Tracing gets weird; don't be afraid to leave arg0 as just a trace. (from streamline.01-v)Aliases:
streamline (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: cause of smoothness
ARG1-PPT: thing becoming smoother
ARG1-PPT: thing becoming smoother
oddly intransitive/middle voice
The British parentARG0
is alsoARGM-DIS
streamliningrel
: Brooks Brothers , which continues to make almost all of its merchandise , recently shut one of its two shirt plants in Paterson , N.J. , and has closed boys ' departments in all but 20 stores .normally transitive
But
Mr. LuzonARG0
has moved swiftly to streamlinerel
bureaucracyARG1
, cut costs , increase capital and build up new areas of business .