Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Flow \Flow\, n.
   1. A stream of water or other fluid; a current; as, a flow of
      water; a flow of blood.

   2. A continuous movement of something abundant; as, a flow of
      words.

   3. Any gentle, gradual movement or procedure of thought,
      diction, music, or the like, resembling the quiet, steady
      movement of a river; a stream.

            The feast of reason and the flow of soul. --Pope.

   4. The tidal setting in of the water from the ocean to the
      shore. See {Ebb and flow}, under {Ebb}.

   5. A low-lying piece of watery land; -- called also {flow
      moss} and {flow bog}. [Scot.] --Jamieson.