All 18 Uses of

reflect
in
Wuthering Heights

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

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

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

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:

(1) (reflect as in: reflect in the mirror)
show an image back (on a mirror or other shiny surface)
(2) (reflect as in: reflect American Values)
to show something -- such as to demonstrate, express, or represent
The 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
(3) (reflect as in: I want to reflect on it.)
think carefully -- possibly aloud or in writing
(4) (reflect as in: reflect poorly on the school)
influence opinion

This 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.
(5) (reflect as in: reflect the light/heat/sound)
bounce back (rather than absorbing)
(6) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
meaning too rare to warrant focus:

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