Overview of verb reflect

The verb reflect has 7 senses

• reflect -- (manifest or bring back; "This action reflects his true beliefs")


• chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate -- (reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate")


• reflect, reverberate -- (to throw or bend back (from a surface); "Sound is reflected well in this auditorium")


• reflect, shine -- (be bright by reflecting or casting light; "Drive carefully--the wet road reflects")


• reflect -- (show an image of; "her sunglasses reflected his image")


• reflect -- (give evidence of a certain behavior; "His lack of interest in the project reflects badly on him")


• reflect -- (give evidence of the quality of; "The mess in his dorm room reflects on the student")

Overview of adj reflecting

The adj reflecting has 1 sense

• reflecting -- (causing reflection or having a device that reflects; "a reflecting microscope")