The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Flow \Flow\, n.
   1. A stream of water or other fluid; a current; as, a flow of
      water; a flow of blood.
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   2. A continuous movement of something abundant; as, a flow of
      words.
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   3. Any gentle, gradual movement or procedure of thought,
      diction, music, or the like, resembling the quiet, steady
      movement of a river; a stream.
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            The feast of reason and the flow of soul. --Pope.
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   4. The tidal setting in of the water from the ocean to the
      shore. See Ebb and flow, under Ebb.
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   5. A low-lying piece of watery land; -- called also flow
      moss and flow bog. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
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