reflect
To bend back (light, etc.) from a surface.
Verb 4 meanings
To bend back (light, etc.) from a surface.
“A mirror reflects the light that shines on it.”
To be bent back (light, etc.) from a surface.
“The moonlight reflected from the surface of water.”
To mirror, or show the image of something.
“The shop window reflected his image as he walked past.”
To be mirrored.
“His image reflected from the shop window as he walked past.”
Etymology
From Old French reflecter (“to bend back, turn back”), from Latin reflectō (“to reflect”), from re- (“again”) + flectō (“to bend, to curve”). Compare English reflex.
REFLECT at a glance
REFLECT has 7 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (R 1 + E 1 + F 4 + L 1 + E 1 + C 3 + T 1) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,646 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with reflect
All rhymesOne letter away
- DEFLECT13
- REELECT9
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