All 18 Uses
reflect
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Wuthering Heights
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- One end, indeed, reflected splendidly both light and heat from ranks of immense pewter dishes, interspersed with silver jugs and tankards, towering row after row, on a vast oak dresser, to the very roof.†
p. 2.6
- You have been compelled to cultivate your reflective faculties for want of occasions for frittering your life away in silly trifles.'†
p. 44.3 *
- Catherine reflected an instant, with knitted brows — she found it needful to smooth the way for an intrusion.†
p. 48.9 *
- 'Yes, Heathcliff,' he replied, glancing from me up to the windows, which reflected a score of glittering moons, but showed no lights from within.†
p. 67.3
- Hindley is too reckless to select his acquaintance prudently: he doesn't trouble himself to reflect on the causes he might have for mistrusting one whom he has basely injured.†
p. 71.9
- Whether she would have got over this fancy if left to herself, or persevered in nursing it perpetually, I cannot say: she had little time to reflect.†
p. 75.8
- 'This is Edgar's legal nephew,' I reflected — 'mine in a manner; I must shake hands, and — yes — I must kiss him.†
p. 99.9
- I reflected as the good woman descended to receive the doctor: and not exactly of the kind which I should have chosen to amuse me.†
p. 112.8
- Do you reflect that all those words will be branded in my memory, and eating deeper eternally after you have left me?†
p. 116.2
- 'And what if she should have slipped in clambering among them,' I reflected, 'and been killed, or broken some of her bones?'†
p. 140.2
- It gave Joseph satisfaction, apparently, to watch him go the worst lengths: he allowed that the lad was ruined: that his soul was abandoned to perdition; but then he reflected that Heathcliff must answer for it.†
p. 143.7
- Come, I reflected, his father's selfishness may contribute to his comfort.†
p. 152.7
- 'I've a pleasure in him,' he continued, reflecting aloud.†
p. 159.4
- The moon shone bright; a sprinkling of snow covered the ground, and I reflected that she might, possibly, have taken it into her head to walk about the garden, for refreshment.†
p. 178.6
- I reflected, while riding down the road.†
p. 221.2
- Well, I reflected, there was never a pleasanter, or more harmless sight; and it will be a burning shame to scold them.†
p. 234.2
- I reflected to myself, 'we shall have a fit of illness.†
p. 237.9
- And then I set myself to reflect how I had tended him in infancy, and watched him grow to youth, and followed him almost through his whole course; and what absurd nonsense it was to yield to that sense of horror.†
p. 239.8
Definitions:
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(1)
(reflect as in: reflect in the mirror) show an image back (on a mirror or other shiny surface)
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(reflect as in: reflect American Values) to show something -- such as to demonstrate, express, or representThe exact meaning of this sense of reflect depends upon its context. For example:
- "She says the immorality in the movie reflects American values." -- expresses or represents
- "It reflects the selfishness she had seen growing for years." -- demonstrates
- "She did not reflect the panic that surrounded her." -- demonstrate or show indication of
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(reflect as in: I want to reflect on it.) think carefully -- possibly aloud or in writing
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(reflect as in: reflect poorly on the school) influence opinionThis word is often used in a phrase like "reflect poorly on/upon...." Although we define this meaning of reflect as "influence opinion", the use of "upon" or "on" might feel more natural if you think of it as "casting a shade of good or bad upon/on" something.
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(reflect as in: reflect the light/heat/sound) bounce back (rather than absorbing)
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) See a comprehensive dictionary for less common meanings of reflect.