verb/ku.le/
to sink; to cast (metal); to pour (liquid); to flow, to run; to slip, to skid; to shed (i.e. shed blood); to go bankrupt
“Le bateau de croisière MV Explorer a commencé à couler après avoir heurté un iceberg.” — The cruise ship MV Explorer started to sink after striking an iceberg.
Inherited from Old French, from Latin cōlāre (“filter, strain, purify”).