couler - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ French Dictionary

Verbs

to flow  | flowed, flowed |   - water, river	couler   - eau, rivière
to flow into sth.  | flowed, flowed |	couler dans qc.
to spill  | spilled/spilt, spilled/spiltspilled/spilt |   - flow	couler
to stream  | streamed, streamed |   - eyes, nose	couler   - les yeux, le nez
to go belly up [coll.]   - go bankrupt	couler [coll.]   - au sens de : faire faillite
to do for so.  | did, done |   chiefly  (Brit.) [coll.]   - ruin, cause the end of	couler qn.   - ruiner, causer la perte de

Phrases / Collocations

to be clear	couler de source [fig.]
to run a bath	(se) faire couler un bain
to run water	faire couler de l'eau
avalanche of mud	coulée de boue
to have a runny nose [MED.]	avoir le nez qui coule

Examples

Her nose was running.

Elle avait le nez qui coule.

Orthographically similar words

couple, coupler, curler, Cutler, cutler

clouer, colère, coller, coulée, couleur, couper, couple, coupler, coûter, coûte, couver, crouler, écouler, fouler, mouler, ovuler, rouler, soûler

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