Meaning of mirror | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.
2. An object, person, or event that reflects or gives a picture of another.
   figuratively
3. To reflect in or as if in a mirror: "The city mirrors many of the greatest moments of Western culture" (Olivier Bernier).
4. A website or server that contains replicated data from another site.
   Internet
5. A surface that is able to reflect light, often used to form an image of an object placed in front of it.
6. A mirror carp.
7. One that is worthy of imitation or duplication:beau ideal, example, exemplar, ideal, model, paradigm, pattern, standard.
8. A kind of political self-help book, advising kings, princes, etc. on how to behave.
   historical
9. a piece of glass or metal having a surface that reflects an image. She spends a lot of time looking in the mirror. spieël مِرآه огледало espelho zrcadlo der Spiegel spejl καθρέφτηςespejo peegel ایینه peili miroirמראה दर्पण, शीशा zrcalo tükör cermin spegill specchio 鏡 거울 veidrodis spogulis cermin spiegelspeillustro, zwierciadło آيينه espelho oglindă зеркало zrkadlo ogledalo ogledalo spegel กระจก ayna 鏡子 дзеркало, люстро آئینہ gương 镜子
10. to reflect as a mirror does. The smooth surface of the lake mirrored the surrounding mountains. weerspieël يَعْكِس كما في المِرآه отразявам огледално refletir zrcadlit spiegeln spejle αντανακλώ, καθρεφτίζωreflejar peegeldama بازتاب کردن peilata refléter לְהִשתַקֵף शीशा देखना zrcaliti (vissza)tükröz membayangkan, mencerminkan spegla rispecchiare, riflettere 映す 반영하다, 비추다 atspindėti atspoguļot mencerminkan weerspiegelenspeileodzwierciedlać, odbijać څرګندول reflectir a reflecta отражать zrkadliť ...
11. espejo.
12. A surface capable of reflecting sufficient undiffused light to form an image of an object placed in front of it. Also called looking glass.
    looking glass
13. Something that faithfully reflects or gives a true picture of something else.
14. Something worthy of imitation.
15. a surface, such as polished metal or glass coated with a metal film, that reflects light without diffusion and produces an image of an object placed in front of it

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Examples

“I had a look in the mirror to see if the blood had come off my face.”

“He broke the mirror with the pickaxe.”

“We could see the lorry in the mirror, so decided to change lanes.”

“His story is a mirror into the life of orphans growing up.”

“O goddess, heavenly bright, / Mirror of grace and majesty divine.”

“Although the content had been deleted from his blog, it was still found on some mirrors.”

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