 | French  | English | |
| – |
 | couler | 24 to sink | |
| couler | 20 to run [water, nose] | |
| couler | 4 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. | |
