écouler
Meanings
Verb
1. to sell off, to shift (transitive)
2. to flow (reflexive)
3. to disband, to scatter (reflexive, of a crowd)
4. to pass, to elapse (reflexive, of time)
5. to diminish, to dwindle away slowly (reflexive, of one's fortune)
Examples64
Une année, deux années s’écoulèrent.
One year, two years passed by.
La foule s’écoule.
The crowd is disbanding.
Le liquide s'écoule.
The liquid is flowing.
Il eut beaucoup de peine à écouler sa marchandise.
He had great difficulty selling off his merchandise.
Votre temps est écoulé.
Your time is up.
Le temps est écoulé.
Time is up.