 | French  | English |  |
| – |
 | couler | 28 to sink |  |
 | couler | 22 to run [water, nose] |  |
 | couler | 6 to flow |  |
 | naut. couler | to go down [sink] |  |
 | couler [avoir une fuite - robinet] | to drip |  |
 | couler [faiblement] | to ooze |  |
 | couler [fortement] | to pour |  |
 | cuis. couler [fromage] | to go runny [e.g. cheese] |  |
 | couler [glisser en laissant des traces] | to trickle |  |
 | couler [larmes] | to roll down [tears] |  |
 | comm. naut. couler [navire, enterprise] | to go under [e.g. ship, business] |  |
 | couler [robinet] | to leak |  |
 | couler [vie, temps] | to slip by [e.g. time] |  |
 | constr. couler qc. [béton] | to pour sth. [e.g. concrete] |  |
 | couler qc. [faire sombrer - entreprise, concurrent] | to bring sth. down |  |
 | comm. couler qc. [fig.] [fam.] [entreprise] | to put sth. out of business |  |
 | tech. couler qc. [métal, verre] | to cast sth. |  |
 | naut. couler qc. [navire] | to sink sth. |  |
 | naut. couler qc. [navirre] | to scuttle sth. |  |
 | éduc. couler qn. [fig.] [fam.] [élève, étudiant] | to make sb. fail |  |
2 Words: Verbs |
 | couler de qc. | to leach out of sth. [drain from] |  |
 | couler lentement | to trickle |  |
 | couler par qc. | to flow through sth. [e.g. liquid] |  |
 | couler qc. dans qc. [glisser discrètement] | to slip sth. into sth. |  |
 | faire couler qc. | to run sth. [tap, faucet, water in the tub] |  |
 | faire couler qc. [vin] | to pour sth. |  |
3 Words: Others |
 | Laisse couler ! [fam.] | Don't bother ! [coll.] |  |
 | Laisse couler ! [fam.] | Just drop it ! [coll.] |  |
3 Words: Verbs |
 | fin. couler à flots [argent] [fig.] | to flow freely [fig.] |  |
 | cuis. couler à flots [bière, vin] [aussi fig.] | to flow |  |
 | couler à flots [lumière] | to flood in [light] |  |
 | naut. couler à pic [navire] | to sink straight to the bottom |  |
 | couler à travers qc. | to flow through sth. [e.g. liquid] |  |
 | couler de source [loc.] | to be a given [idiom] |  |
 | couler de source [loc.] | to go without saying [idiom] |  |
 | constr. couler le béton | to pour concrete |  |
 | tech. couler un bronze | to cast a bronze |  |
 | couler un bronze [fam.] | to have a crap [coll.] |  |
 | couler un bronze [fam.] [vulg.] | to have a shit [coll.] [vulg.] |  |
 | comm. couler une entreprise | to ruinate a company |  |
 | faire couler l'eau | to leave the water-tap on [water flowing] |  |
 | se couler dans qc. [draps] | to slip between sth. [e.g. sheets] |  |
 | se couler dans qc. [foule] | to slip into sth. [e.g. a crowd] |  |
 | se laisser couler | to let oneself sink |  |
4 Words: Verbs |
 | édition couler de la plume [fig.] | to flow from the pen [fig.] |  |
 | couler des jours heureux | to lead a happy life |  |
 | couler des jours heureux | to spend some happy days |  |
 | couler sous le travail [loc.] | to be drowning in work [idiom] |  |
 | couler sous le travail [loc.] | to be swamped with work [idiom] |  |
 | couler sous le travail [loc.] | to be snowed under with work [idiom] |  |
 | couler un regard vers qn./qc. | to steal a glance at sb./sth. |  |
 | couler vers le sud | to flow south |  |
 | faire couler un bain | to run a bath |  |
 | se la couler douce [loc.] | to laze about [coll.] |  |
 | se la couler douce [loc.] | to swan off [idiom] |  |
 | se la couler douce [loc.] | to have a cushy number [Br.] [idiom] |  |
 | se la couler douce [loc.] | to have a cushy time [Br.] [idiom] |  |
 | se la couler douce [loc.] | to have an easy time (of it) |  |
 | se la couler douce [loc.] | to lie down on the job [coll.] |  |
5+ Words: Verbs |
 | matériel couler du plomb dans un moule | to cast lead in a mold [Am.] |  |
 | matériel couler du plomb dans un moule | to cast lead in a mould [Br.] |  |
 | faire couler de l'eau dans qc. | to let water flow into sth. |  |
 | faire couler de la salive [loc.] | to cause some tongue-wagging [idiom] |  |
 | faire couler de la salive [loc.] | to set the tongues wagging [idiom] |  |
 | faire couler goutte à goutte | to trickle |  |
 | faire couler l'eau du robinet | to leave the water-tap on [water flowing] |  |
 | faire couler un bain à qn. | to run a bath for sb. |  |
 | se couler le long de qc. | to slide alongside sth. |  |