Find the word definition

The Collaborative International Dictionary
flow moss

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.