mirror

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a faithful depiction or reflection

   the best mirror is an old friend

2. 2
   verb

   reflect or resemble

   The plane crash in Milan mirrored the attack in the World Trade Center

3. 3
   verb

   reflect as if in a mirror

   The smallest pond at night mirrors the firmament above

4. 4
   noun

   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.

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

5. 5
   noun

   An object, person, or event that reflects or gives a picture of another.

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

6. 6
   noun

   A website or server that contains replicated data from another site.

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

7. 7
   verb

   To act as a reflection of, either by being identical to, or by being identical but reversed.

   The placement of the paintings mirrored the positions of the windows on the opposite wall.

8. 8
   verb

   Of an event, activity, behavior, to be identical to; to be a copy of; to imitate closely.

   He tried to mirror Elvis's life by copying his fashion and mannerisms.

Etymology

From Middle English mirour, from Old French mireor (“mirror”, literally “looker, watcher”), from mirer (“look at”), from Latin mīror (“wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”), from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to laugh, to be glad”). Displaced native Middle English schewere, schawere, from Old English sċēawere (“mirror”, literally “watcher”), which was also the word for "spy".